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We are developing technology for high-stability, high-current-capacity AC superconducting windings for 50- or 60-Hz applications. The most serious issue for AC superconducting windings is the AC current-degradation phenomenon: the AC quench currents of the windings are much smaller than the short-sample DC quench current of the winding conductor. Possible causes of the AC current degradation and stabilization methods for those causes were studied. Prospects of attaining large-scale, high-current AC windings are discussed.
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Tsukamoto, O., Amemiya, N., Hlásnik, I. (1994). Current Degradation in Superconducting AC Coils—Causes and Stabilization. In: Reed, R.P., Fickett, F.R., Summers, L.T., Stieg, M. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Materials . An International Cryogenic Materials Conference Publication, vol 40. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9053-5_75
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