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As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Superconductivity Technology Program, Argonne National Laboratory and Superconductivity, Inc., are developing high-temperature superconductor (HTS) current leads for application to micro-superconducting magnetic energy storage systems. Two 1500-A HTS leads have been designed and constructed. The performance of the current lead assemblies is being evaluated in a zero-magnetic-field test program that includes assembly procedures, tooling, and quality assurance; thermal and electrical performance; and flow and mechanical characteristics. Results of evaluations performed to date are presented.
Work partially supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, as part of a program to develop electric power technology, under Contract W-31–109-Eng-38, and by Superconductivity, Inc., Middleton, WI, USA.
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Niemann, R.C., Cha, Y.S., Hull, J.R., Buckles, W.E., Weber, B.R., Yang, S.T. (1996). Performance Evaluation of High-Temperature Superconducting Current Leads for Micro-SMES Systems. In: Kittel, P. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering. A Cryogenic Engineering Conference Publication, vol 41. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0373-2_79
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