Transient multi-physics behavior of an insert high temperature superconducting no-insulation coil in hybrid superconducting magnets with inductive coupling

A transient multi-physics model incorporated with an electromagneto-thermomechanical coupling is developed to capture the multi-field behavior of a single-pancake(SP)insert no-insulation(NI)coil in a hybrid magnet during the charging and discharging processes.The coupled problem is resolved by means of the finite element method(FEM)for the magneto-thermo-elastic behaviors and the Runge-Kutta method for the transient responses of the electrical circuits of the hybrid superconducting magnet system.The results reveal that the transient multi-physics responses of the insert NI coil primarily depend on the charging/discharging procedure of the hybrid magnet.Moreover,a reverse azimuthal current and a compressive hoop stress are induced in the insert NI coil during the charging process,while a forward azimuthal current and a tensile hoop stress are observed during the discharging process.The induced voltages in the insert NI coil can drive the currents flowing across the radial turns where the contact resistance exists.Therefore,it brings forth significant Joule heat,causing a temperature rise and a uniform distribution of this heat in the coil turns.Accordingly,a thermally/mechanically unstable or quenching event may be encountered when a high operating current is flowing in the insert NI coil.It is numerically predicted that a quick charging will induce a compressive hoop stress which may bring a risk of buckling instability in the coil,while a discharging will not.The simulations provide an insight of hybrid superconducting magnets under transient start-up or shutdown phases which are inevitably encountered in practical applications.

Mechanical Analysis of a No-insulation Pancake Coil with the Overband During a Quench

The no-insulation(NI)winding approach can remarkably improve the thermal stability of high-temperature superconducting coil.However,mechanical issues have gradually become a key factor to block the development of NI magnets in recent years.This paper mainly analyzes the effect of the overband on the mechanical behaviors of an NI coil during a quench.A numerical model including a quench model combined with a three-dimensional homogeneous mechanical model is employed to study the change of stress in the coil without and with the over band during a local quench.The results show that the overband has an obvious effect on the stress distribution as the heater is located at the outer turn of the coil.Meanwhile,the values of stress in the coil are also affected by the overband.Moreover,the effects of the thickness of the overband and the location of the heater on the mechanical behaviors of the coil are also discussed.It is worth noting that the overband can remarkably reduce the hoop and axial tensile stresses of the coil during a quench。

Electromagnetic-thermal-mechanical characteristics with active feedback control in a high-temperature superconducting noinsulation magnet

High-temperature superconducting(HTS) magnets consisting of no-insulation(NI) double-pancake coils(DPCs) with high thermal stability have been proposed for use in the preparation of high-field magnets. However, increased ramp time is a known disadvantage of the NI approach. To solve this problem, a proportional and integral(PI) active feedback control has been proposed in the charging experiments of the NI magnet. In this study, the electromagnetic-thermal-mechanical characteristics of an NI magnet with and without PI are analyzed to ensure the safety and reliability of PI control. Due to the increase in the radial current of the magnet, the turn-to-turn loss energy of the magnet with PI is more than twice that without PI. However, the magnetization loss energy of the magnet has a small difference with and without PI. It can be also found that the NI magnet with PI has a large temperature rise, and thus it has a low thermal stability margin. Moreover, in the high field, the hoop stress and hoop strain peaks of a magnet with PI are larger than those without PI. Thus, PI control can induce a relatively high risk of mechanical damage in the applications of NI magnets.