Testing of a 1.25-m HTS Cable Made from YBCO Tapes

M. J. Gouge; J. W. Lue; J. A. Demko; R. C. Duckworth; P. W. Fisher; M. Daumling; D. T. Lindsay; M. L. Roden; J. C. Tolbert

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Testing of a 1.25-m HTS Cable Made from YBCO Tapes

M. J. Gouge, J. W. Lue, J. A. Demko, R. C. Duckworth, P. W. Fisher, M. Daumling, D. T. Lindsay, M. L. Roden, J. C. Tolbert

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Ultera and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have jointly designed, built, and tested a 1.25-m-long, prototype high-temperature superconducting (HTS) power cable made from 1-cm-wide, second-generation YBa₂Cu₃O_x (YBCO)-coated conductor tapes. Electrical tests of this cable were performed in boiling liquid nitrogen at 77 K. DC testing of the 1.25-m cable included determination of the V-I curve, with a critical current of 4200 A. This was consistent with the properties of the 24 individual YBCO tapes. AC testing of the cable was conducted at currents up to 2500 A_rms. The ac losses were measured calorimetrically by measuring the response of a calibrated temperature sensor placed on the former and electrically by use of a Rogowski coil with a lock-in amplifier. AC losses of about 2 W/m were measured at a cable ac current of 2000 A_rms. Overcurrent testing was conducted at peak current values up to 12 kA for pulse lengths of 0.1-0.2 s. The cable temperature increased to 105 K for a 12 kA, 0.2 s overcurrent pulse, and the cable showed no degradation after the sequence of overcurrent testing. This commercial-grade HTS cable demonstrated the feasibility of second-generation YBCO tapes in an ac cable application.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Cryogenic Engineering
Subtitle of host publication	Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC
Editors	John Pfotenhauer, Steven Van Sciver, Albert Zeller, Jonathan Demko, Christopher Rey, John G. Weisend II, John Barclay, Michael DiPirro, Quan-Sheng Shu, Peter Kittel, Edward Daly, John R. Hull, Jennifer Lock, Joseph Waynert, Susan Breon, James Maddocks, John Zbasnik, Patrick J. Kelley, Arkadiy Klebaner
Publisher	American Institute of Physics Inc.
Pages	885-891
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	0735401861
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1774767
State	Published - Jun 23 2004
Event	2003 Cryogenic Engineering Conference, CEC 2003 - Anchorage, United States Duration: Sep 22 2003 → Sep 26 2003

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Volume	710
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)	1551-7616

Conference

Conference	2003 Cryogenic Engineering Conference, CEC 2003
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anchorage
Period	09/22/03 → 09/26/03

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Gouge, M. J., Lue, J. W., Demko, J. A., Duckworth, R. C., Fisher, P. W., Daumling, M., Lindsay, D. T., Roden, M. L., & Tolbert, J. C. (2004). Testing of a 1.25-m HTS Cable Made from YBCO Tapes. In J. Pfotenhauer, S. Van Sciver, A. Zeller, J. Demko, C. Rey, J. G. Weisend II, J. Barclay, M. DiPirro, Q.-S. Shu, P. Kittel, E. Daly, J. R. Hull, J. Lock, J. Waynert, S. Breon, J. Maddocks, J. Zbasnik, P. J. Kelley, & A. Klebaner (Eds.), Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC (pp. 885-891). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 710). American Institute of Physics Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1774767

Gouge, M. J. ; Lue, J. W. ; Demko, J. A. et al. / Testing of a 1.25-m HTS Cable Made from YBCO Tapes. Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC. editor / John Pfotenhauer ; Steven Van Sciver ; Albert Zeller ; Jonathan Demko ; Christopher Rey ; John G. Weisend II ; John Barclay ; Michael DiPirro ; Quan-Sheng Shu ; Peter Kittel ; Edward Daly ; John R. Hull ; Jennifer Lock ; Joseph Waynert ; Susan Breon ; James Maddocks ; John Zbasnik ; Patrick J. Kelley ; Arkadiy Klebaner. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2004. pp. 885-891 (AIP Conference Proceedings).

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Gouge, MJ, Lue, JW, Demko, JA, Duckworth, RC, Fisher, PW, Daumling, M, Lindsay, DT, Roden, ML & Tolbert, JC 2004, Testing of a 1.25-m HTS Cable Made from YBCO Tapes. in J Pfotenhauer, S Van Sciver, A Zeller, J Demko, C Rey, JG Weisend II, J Barclay, M DiPirro, Q-S Shu, P Kittel, E Daly, JR Hull, J Lock, J Waynert, S Breon, J Maddocks, J Zbasnik, PJ Kelley & A Klebaner (eds), Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 710, American Institute of Physics Inc., pp. 885-891, 2003 Cryogenic Engineering Conference, CEC 2003, Anchorage, United States, 09/22/03. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1774767

Testing of a 1.25-m HTS Cable Made from YBCO Tapes. / Gouge, M. J.; Lue, J. W.; Demko, J. A. et al.
Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC. ed. / John Pfotenhauer; Steven Van Sciver; Albert Zeller; Jonathan Demko; Christopher Rey; John G. Weisend II; John Barclay; Michael DiPirro; Quan-Sheng Shu; Peter Kittel; Edward Daly; John R. Hull; Jennifer Lock; Joseph Waynert; Susan Breon; James Maddocks; John Zbasnik; Patrick J. Kelley; Arkadiy Klebaner. American Institute of Physics Inc., 2004. p. 885-891 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 710).

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Gouge MJ, Lue JW, Demko JA, Duckworth RC, Fisher PW, Daumling M et al. Testing of a 1.25-m HTS Cable Made from YBCO Tapes. In Pfotenhauer J, Van Sciver S, Zeller A, Demko J, Rey C, Weisend II JG, Barclay J, DiPirro M, Shu QS, Kittel P, Daly E, Hull JR, Lock J, Waynert J, Breon S, Maddocks J, Zbasnik J, Kelley PJ, Klebaner A, editors, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering: Transactions of the Cryogenic Engineering Conference - CEC. American Institute of Physics Inc. 2004. p. 885-891. (AIP Conference Proceedings). doi: 10.1063/1.1774767

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