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Quench characteristics of Ag/AuBi2223 HTS-stainless steel stack used for the hybrid current leads of the Large Hadron Collider

Quench characteristics of Ag/AuBi2223 HTS-stainless steel stack used for the hybrid current leads of the Large Hadron Collider
Quench characteristics of Ag/AuBi2223 HTS-stainless steel stack used for the hybrid current leads of the Large Hadron Collider
The quench characteristics of Ag/Au sheathed Bi2223 tapes have been investigated in an adiabatic condition and in a configuration similar to that used in hybrid high temperature superconducting current leads, namely the 13000A leads used for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. A specialised rig was designed and constructed to provide a carefully controlled environment. The samples were prepared from HTS tape soldered onto a stainless steel substrate with a number of temperature sensors at various positions along the length of tape. One end of the lead (cold end) was maintained at 6K using G-M cryo-cooler whereas the
temperature of the other end (warm end) can be varied and maintained at temperatures up to 100K. The thermal runaway currents (quench currents) at various warm end temperatures (in the range of 40-100K) were determined. The temperature evolutions at various locations along the tape were recorded at different top end temperatures and currents. The effect of the
stainless steel mechanical reinforcement on the thermal properties of the stack was also investigated and presented.
high temperature superconducting tapes and wires, hts quench, hts tape properties superconducting machines, superconducting generators and motors, superconducting power machines
1742-6588
012304-[6pp]
Al-Mosawi, M.K.
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Avgeros, S.
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Beduz, C.
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Yang, Y.
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Ballarino, A.
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Al-Mosawi, M.K.
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Avgeros, S.
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Beduz, C.
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Yang, Y.
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Ballarino, A.
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Al-Mosawi, M.K., Avgeros, S., Beduz, C., Yang, Y. and Ballarino, A. (2008) Quench characteristics of Ag/AuBi2223 HTS-stainless steel stack used for the hybrid current leads of the Large Hadron Collider. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 97 (1), 012304-[6pp]. (doi:10.1088/1742-6596/97/1/012304).

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Abstract

The quench characteristics of Ag/Au sheathed Bi2223 tapes have been investigated in an adiabatic condition and in a configuration similar to that used in hybrid high temperature superconducting current leads, namely the 13000A leads used for the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. A specialised rig was designed and constructed to provide a carefully controlled environment. The samples were prepared from HTS tape soldered onto a stainless steel substrate with a number of temperature sensors at various positions along the length of tape. One end of the lead (cold end) was maintained at 6K using G-M cryo-cooler whereas the
temperature of the other end (warm end) can be varied and maintained at temperatures up to 100K. The thermal runaway currents (quench currents) at various warm end temperatures (in the range of 40-100K) were determined. The temperature evolutions at various locations along the tape were recorded at different top end temperatures and currents. The effect of the
stainless steel mechanical reinforcement on the thermal properties of the stack was also investigated and presented.

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Submitted date: 15 January 2008
Published date: 19 March 2008
Additional Information: 8th European Conference on Applied Superconductivity, 16–20 September 2007, Brussels, Belgium
Keywords: high temperature superconducting tapes and wires, hts quench, hts tape properties superconducting machines, superconducting generators and motors, superconducting power machines

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Local EPrints ID: 50768
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/50768
ISSN: 1742-6588
PURE UUID: c7f5d54a-a4cf-48a5-b3f6-9e3d2070824b
ORCID for Y. Yang: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-6735

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Date deposited: 27 Mar 2008
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:44

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Author: M.K. Al-Mosawi
Author: S. Avgeros
Author: C. Beduz
Author: Y. Yang ORCID iD
Author: A. Ballarino

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