Abstract
Rectangle-shaped YBCO bulk conductors 20 mm wide, 140 mm long and 10 mm thick were manufactured from square-pillar-shaped YBCO bulk materials for supplying a 20 kA current into a pressurized superfluid cooling region at a temperature of 1.8 K. An assembled 1.8 K current feedthrough was mounted in the λ-plate of a pressurized superfluid cooling cryostat. Current-feed experiments into the 1.8 K region were carried out by operating the 20 kA current feedthrough. In the experiments, the transport current was kept at 20 kA for longer than 1200 s. Contact resistance and Joule heat generation in the joint region between the YBCO bulk conductors and the copper electrode were 1.45 nΩ and 0.72 W, respectively, in the 20 kA operation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 770-776 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications |
Volume | 426-431 |
Issue number | I |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS 2004) Advances in Supeconductivity - Duration: Nov 23 2004 → Nov 25 2004 |
Keywords
- Current feedthrough
- Large-sized bulk conductor
- Y-based cuprates