The development of high temperature superconducting(HTS)tapes has recently made great progress,and Bi-based tapes(1 G) and YBCO coated conductor(2 G)are commercially fabricated with practical length.Application of HTS...The development of high temperature superconducting(HTS)tapes has recently made great progress,and Bi-based tapes(1 G) and YBCO coated conductor(2 G)are commercially fabricated with practical length.Application of HTS in electric power apparatuses made important achievement,various superconducting devices were demonstrated in grid,laying solid foundation for their commercialization.However,since their intrinsic microscopic defects such as weak-link,granularity,small second phase likely exist,critical current and index n value of the HTS tapes in practical length are impossible homogeneous,which have significant influences on safety,stability and efficiency of the HTS apparatuses.Therefore,critical current and index n value are two important parameters describing inhomogeneity of HTS tapes,thus two important indices for evaluating quality of practical long HTS tapes.This paper focuses on main progresses in inhomogeneity of critical current and index n value measurements on HTS tapes using contact-free methods.The statistical analytical methods evaluating the inhomogeneity of critical current and index n value are suggested.They can provide essential references for design and operation of HTS apparatuses.展开更多
Research and development of high-temperature superconducting(HTS)apparatus are ongoing in the world with the great progress on the HTS tapes in recent years.The most attractive applications require the HTS tapes to pe...Research and development of high-temperature superconducting(HTS)apparatus are ongoing in the world with the great progress on the HTS tapes in recent years.The most attractive applications require the HTS tapes to perform well upon the application of an alternative current(AC)and/or an AC magnetic field.The electromagnetic properties of the HTS tapes including anisotropy,uniformity,alternative current(AC losses)and stability as well as mechanical characteristics are important fundamental parameters for these applications.This paper summarizes and focuses on several typical measurement principles and methods as well as apparatuses of those characteristic parameters except for their stability developed in past several years in China.展开更多
The I-V characteristic of a superconductor is generally described by power-law,in which the superconductor with a high n transfers quickly from superconducting state to the normal conducting state.With a high transpor...The I-V characteristic of a superconductor is generally described by power-law,in which the superconductor with a high n transfers quickly from superconducting state to the normal conducting state.With a high transport current,in the low n value area,flux flow voltage becomes lower than in the high n value area,so that the transient characteristics strongly affect its stability.Based on those properties,we propose a new hybrid conductor which is made of low temperature superconductor(LTS) and high temperature superconductor(HTS) with concentric configuration in which the HTS coat is located outside of the LTS core.According to their power-law models,the modified adiabatic and dynamic stability criteria are qualitatively obtained by taking account into not only their critical currents but also n values.As a result,the new hybrid conductors have potential applications with higher engineering current density and improved stability.展开更多
基金supported by the Specialized Research Fund for the Doc-toral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.D00033)the Foundation of North China Electric Power University(Grant No.KH0194)
文摘The development of high temperature superconducting(HTS)tapes has recently made great progress,and Bi-based tapes(1 G) and YBCO coated conductor(2 G)are commercially fabricated with practical length.Application of HTS in electric power apparatuses made important achievement,various superconducting devices were demonstrated in grid,laying solid foundation for their commercialization.However,since their intrinsic microscopic defects such as weak-link,granularity,small second phase likely exist,critical current and index n value of the HTS tapes in practical length are impossible homogeneous,which have significant influences on safety,stability and efficiency of the HTS apparatuses.Therefore,critical current and index n value are two important parameters describing inhomogeneity of HTS tapes,thus two important indices for evaluating quality of practical long HTS tapes.This paper focuses on main progresses in inhomogeneity of critical current and index n value measurements on HTS tapes using contact-free methods.The statistical analytical methods evaluating the inhomogeneity of critical current and index n value are suggested.They can provide essential references for design and operation of HTS apparatuses.
基金supported by Beijing Education Commissions(Grant No.GJ2013009)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51077051)
文摘Research and development of high-temperature superconducting(HTS)apparatus are ongoing in the world with the great progress on the HTS tapes in recent years.The most attractive applications require the HTS tapes to perform well upon the application of an alternative current(AC)and/or an AC magnetic field.The electromagnetic properties of the HTS tapes including anisotropy,uniformity,alternative current(AC losses)and stability as well as mechanical characteristics are important fundamental parameters for these applications.This paper summarizes and focuses on several typical measurement principles and methods as well as apparatuses of those characteristic parameters except for their stability developed in past several years in China.
基金supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51077051)
文摘The I-V characteristic of a superconductor is generally described by power-law,in which the superconductor with a high n transfers quickly from superconducting state to the normal conducting state.With a high transport current,in the low n value area,flux flow voltage becomes lower than in the high n value area,so that the transient characteristics strongly affect its stability.Based on those properties,we propose a new hybrid conductor which is made of low temperature superconductor(LTS) and high temperature superconductor(HTS) with concentric configuration in which the HTS coat is located outside of the LTS core.According to their power-law models,the modified adiabatic and dynamic stability criteria are qualitatively obtained by taking account into not only their critical currents but also n values.As a result,the new hybrid conductors have potential applications with higher engineering current density and improved stability.
