{"title":"Experimental research on the influence of HTS tape width and former type on the transverse compression performance of CORC cables","authors":"Yangyang Shi, Tao Ma, Shaotao Dai, Wenxu Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354463","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354463","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The huge transverse Lorentz force experienced by CORC cable during the operation of fusion projects may cause irreversible degradation of its current-carrying capacity. Therefore, it is particularly important to study the influence of cable parameters on their transverse compression performance, and use these influence laws to adjust cable parameters to improve the critical value of transverse compression load that CORC cables can withstand. Solid copper bar former CORC cables with a former diameter of 5.57 mm are produced using HTS (high temperature superconducting) tapes (manufactured by Shanghai Superconductor) of 4 mm and 5 mm width respectively. The experimental results show that the CORC cable wound with 5 mm wide HTS tape has a greater critical transverse compression load than the cable wound with 4 mm wide HTS tape. This indicates that using wider HTS tapes to wind CORC cables can effectively improve their transverse compression performance. A solid copper bar former CORC cable and a stainless steel spiral tube former CORC cable are also produced. Through transverse compression experiments, it is found that the critical transverse compression load of the solid copper bar former and the stainless steel spiral tube former CORC cable are 130 kN/m and 89 kN/m, respectively. This indicates that the solid copper bar former CORC cable has better transverse compression performance. In addition, we also compared the influences of flat and arc pressure blocks on the transverse compression performance of CORC cables, and this experimental results provided a basis for the selection of the bobbin structure when using CORC cables to make coils.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354463"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuan Zhang , Xinning Hu , Chunyan Cui , Xu Cui , Feifei Niu , Luzhong Wang , Qiuliang Wang
{"title":"Investigation on centrifugal deformation effect of magnetic levitation superconducting rotor","authors":"Yuan Zhang , Xinning Hu , Chunyan Cui , Xu Cui , Feifei Niu , Luzhong Wang , Qiuliang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354462","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The high-speed rotating superconducting rotor can be made into a high-precision inertial device. Centrifugal deformation is one of the key factors affecting the drift speed of the rotating superconducting rotor's polar axis. The larger the drift speed, the worse the accuracy of the inertial device. Applying magnetic torque to the superconducting rotor to compensate for the magnetic disturbance torque generated by centrifugal deformation is one of the effective methods to improve the measurement accuracy of the inertial device made of a superconducting rotor. To compensate for the magnetic disturbance torque caused by centrifugal deformation accurately, we studied the centrifugal deformation effect of the rotating superconducting rotor. In this paper, the centrifugal deformation of the superconducting rotor is analyzed first. And then the influence of centrifugal deformation of the superconducting rotor on magnetic force was studied by Finite Element Method (FEM). The results show that centrifugal deformation can reduce the magnetic levitation force of the superconducting rotor, leading to suspension position drift. Finally, the drift speed of the superconducting rotor's polar axis caused by centrifugal deformation is investigated, including the drift speed caused by centrifugal deformation of the rotating superconducting rotor, as well as the drift speed generated by the coupling of centrifugal deformation and suspension position drift of the superconducting rotor. The research results provide a reference for more accurate compensation of magnetic disturbance torque caused by centrifugal deformation and further improve the accuracy of superconducting rotor inertial devices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354462"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling of levitation force by using Jc distribution approaches for bulk MgB2 fabricated with different methods","authors":"O. Uzun, U.K. Ozturk","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354484","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Studies in literature have shown that the bulk MgB<sub>2</sub> structural characteristics and the associated superconducting properties are not homogeneous throughout the entire sample. This study focuses on understanding the effect of local differences in J<sub>c</sub> distribution on the levitation force. For this purpose, numerical modeling was performed for four samples, two of which were previously fabricated, and the other two were fictionalized. Levitation forces for these samples were calculated with three different J<sub>c</sub> distribution approaches: uniform, semi-uniform, and non-uniform. Comparing the four samples’ numerical results shows us that the position dependence of J<sub>c</sub> should be considered when performing numerical modeling in cases where there are significant local differences because of the local defects, thermal origin stress cracks in the outer side, and impurity distribution. It is inferred that the obtained results will help to elucidate the physical background of the local features and shielding currents on the levitation force and improve the bulk properties of the MgB<sub>2</sub> samples.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354484"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhiwen Lei , Junwen Wei , Zhiyong Yan , Zi Li , Xuyang Kang , Suxin Wang , Ying Xu , Feiyang Long , Yunfei Tan
{"title":"AC loss study of high-temperature superconducting stacked conductors based on parameter identification method","authors":"Zhiwen Lei , Junwen Wei , Zhiyong Yan , Zi Li , Xuyang Kang , Suxin Wang , Ying Xu , Feiyang Long , Yunfei Tan","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354451","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fusion magnets generate significant AC loss during the processes of excitation and demagnetization. The electrical measurement was predominantly employed as the method for estimating the AC loss. However, the phase-locked amplifier method and integral method (IM) can access the average power across one or multiple current cycles but leave the instantaneous power value unrecorded. In this study, the AC loss of two types of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) stacked conductors composed of REBCO and Bi-2223 were measured. An AC loss analysis method based on parameter identification method is employed to study AC loss in REBCO and Bi-2223 stacked conductors by identifying their instantaneous inductance and instantaneous resistance. Unlike the integral method, the AC loss analysis method based on parameter identification method can analyze the average power, and also the instantaneous power at any given time using a fixed forgetting factor which can affect the accuracy of the calculation. The experimental data suggest that, under identical frequency and current, the AC loss of the REBCO stacked conductor is approximately three times that of the Bi-2223 stacked conductor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354451"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Long Zhang , Yingying Lv , Zhuyong Li , Wenyi Li , Yajun Jia , Junjie Jiang , Xiyuan Teng , Zhixuan Zhang , Kyungwoo Ryu
{"title":"Feasibility study on quench detection methods of Raman and Rayleigh scattering techniques in optical fiber encapsulated HTS coils","authors":"Long Zhang , Yingying Lv , Zhuyong Li , Wenyi Li , Yajun Jia , Junjie Jiang , Xiyuan Teng , Zhixuan Zhang , Kyungwoo Ryu","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354464","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Quench detection is a key issue to be solved for safe operation of high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets. Recently, distributed optical fiber sensors based on Raman and Rayleigh scattering techniques are proposed for quench detection in HTS applications. However, sensing and demodulating principles of these two techniques are different, and they may show different performances in quench detection. In this paper, a 13 m long optical fiber encapsulated HTS coil (OF-coil) was fabricated. Two sensing devices based on Raman and Rayleigh techniques, which are named Raman-device and Rayleigh-device, were prepared. Overcurrent and heater induced quench detection experiments in the OF-coil were carried out and the above two devices were used for quench detection. The results show that both Raman-device and Rayleigh-device can measure temperature changes of the OF-coil in the overcurrent experiment. And their quench response time is 36 s and 14 s, respectively. In heater induced quench detection experiment, Rayleigh-device can successfully acquire local temperature rise of the OF-coil, and the quench response time is 1.7 s. For Raman-device, its spatial resolution is too large to realize local quench detection.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354464"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140308558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On creep of trapped flux near Tc in MgB2 and CaKFe4As4","authors":"Sergey L. Bud’ko, Mingyu Xu , Paul C. Canfield","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354487","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present flux creep data taken at different temperatures on single crystals of known, ambient pressure, superconductors, CaKFe<sub>4</sub>As<sub>4</sub> and MgB<sub>2</sub>, taken using the protocol that is common for trapped flux measurements. Using our results, we show that the time dependence of the magnetic moment in H<sub>3</sub>S is remarkably similar to the magnetization relaxation rates observed in established superconductors at ambient pressure, where in the latter cases this can be unambiguously assigned to flux creep.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"620 ","pages":"Article 1354487"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140296866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnetic flux trapping in porous high-Tc superconductors","authors":"Denis Gokhfeld","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354486","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Porosity affects the properties of high-<em>T<sub>c</sub></em> superconductors and can improve their performance by enhancing oxygenation, cryocooling, etc. Among other factors, the presence of pores plays a significant role in the process of magnetic flux trapping. Relationships with the porosity manifest in the irreversibility field, the full penetration field, and the remnant magnetization of the samples. To account for the effect of porosity on the trapped magnetic flux into type-II superconductors, a simple toy model is suggested. Generally, as the porosity increases, the trapped flux and related parameters tend to diminish. However, in the case of microscopic samples, porosity can enhance magnetic flux trapping.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354486"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140139085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Magnetic-thermal-mechanical coupling behavior simulation for a porous high-temperature superconductor based on fractal derivatives","authors":"Feng Xue , Yunfei Huang , Xinxin Zhou , Xiaofan Gou","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354481","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354481","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, the magnetic-thermal-mechanical coupling behavior for a porous high-temperature superconductor placed in a pulsed field is studied numerically within the framework of finite element analysis and based on fractal derivatives. Firstly, as a kind of oxide ceramic material, the porous properties of high-temperature superconductors (SCs) are characterized through fractal methods. Then, we obtained the Maxwell equation and heat conduction equation in the form of fractal derivatives, and thus the difficulties brought by the multi connectivity of materials to finite element (FEM) modeling can be overcome. The FEM simulation results indicate that the porous properties have a significant impact on the maximum trapped magnetic field, surface temperature of superconductors, and maximum stress inside superconductors. The presented method can also provide a more efficient solution for the multi-field coupling simulation of other porous electromagnetic media.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354481"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140041769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electromechanical behavior of a rectangular bulk superconductor with an inhomogeneous critical current density under pulsed-field magnetization","authors":"Yu Yang , Lingyun Jian","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354483","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bulk high-temperature superconductors are widely used in various superconducting devices for their high critical current density and the ability to trap large magnetic field. In some applications, bulk superconductors can be arranged in an array structure to increase the magnetic field strength. However, rectangular bulk superconductors can be arranged more compactly than commonly used cylindrical bulk superconductors. The unique shape of rectangular bulk superconductors results in different distributions of electromagnetic fields, temperature, and stress under a pulsed-field magnetization (PFM) than for cylindrical bulk superconductors. In bulk superconductors, growth sector boundaries and growth sector regions have different critical current density, resulting in an uneven critical current density. Therefore, in this study, the electromagnetic and mechanical behavior of non-uniform rectangular bulk superconductors during the PFM process is investigated. The corresponding distribution and variation in the magnetic field, current, temperature, and stress in the bulk are calculated and analyzed. The influence of rectangle aspect ratio on the electromagnetic and mechanical behavior is discussed. The calculation results show that the magnetic flux jumps occur accompanied by sudden changes in the temperature and pressure. The effect of the aspect ratio of rectangular bulk superconductors on their electromagnetic and mechanical properties is analyzed. The influence of preexisting cracks in a non-uniform rectangular bulk superconductor on the simulation results is discussed. The numerical results indicate that the presence of an edge crack exacerbates the magnetic flux jump as well as the jumps in the temperature and stress. However, a central crack has a relatively small effect on the stability of a bulk superconductor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354483"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140046790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit couplings on the critical temperature and paramagnetic limiting field of superconductors with broken inversion symmetry","authors":"H. Yavari, M. Tayebantayeba","doi":"10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2024.1354465","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Transition temperature (T<sub>c</sub>) and paramagnetic limiting of a superconductor without spatial inversion symmetry in the presence of both Rashba and Dresselhaus antisymmetric spin-orbit couplings is studied. The critical temperature is derived for anisotropy of the superconducting order parameter, ranging from isotropic s-wave to any pairing state with nonzero angular momentum and mixed parity singlet-triplet states emerge due to spin-orbit coupling (SOC). It will be shown that for unprotected odd parity pairing, pure Rashba and Dresselhaus SOCs have similar effects on the reduction of T<sub>c</sub> and for combined effects of the two spin-orbit couplings at fixed SOC, T<sub>c</sub> reduced by increasing Dresselhaus component and decreased down to its minimum value in the equal-Rashba-Dresselhaus case. The paramagnetic limiting is also analyzed for spin-singlet pairing and it is shown that the low temperature divergence behavior of paramagnetic limiting is less affected by both Rashba and Dresselhaus SOCs but for fixed SOC strength by increasing Dresselhaus component the paramagnetic limiting field is increased.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":20159,"journal":{"name":"Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications","volume":"619 ","pages":"Article 1354465"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139999107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}