简介:Hightemperaturesuprerconductor(HTS)currentleadhasanadvantageinreducingelectricpowerconsumptionofarefrigeratorforalargecurrentsuperconductingmagnetsystemsuchasafusiondevice.Afusiondevicerequiresmorethan20pairsoflargecurrentleadsandeachcurrentcapacityisabout60kA.Theconventional60kAcurrentleadneeds100kWelectricpowerforrefrigerationanda2/3reductionisavailablebytheapplicationofaHTScurrentlead.
简介:TheHTScurrentleadsofsuperconductingmagnetsforlargescalefusiondevicesandhighenergyparticlecolliderscanreducethepowerconsumptionforcoolingby2/3comparedwithconventionalleads.Theresistivesectionsofhigh-ratedcurrentleadsareusuallymadeofaheatexchangercooledbygasflow.Thesupplyofthecoolingmassflowincursmorethan90%ofthecoolingcostfortheHTSleads.Themassflowraterequirementdependsnotonlyonthelengthandmaterialoftheresistiveheatexchanger,butalsoontheheattransfercoefficientandHEXsurface,thejointresistanceatthecoldendanditscoolingapproach.Thedesignandoperationofasheet-stackHEXwithalargerspecificsurfaceandamuchsmallerhydraulicdiameterarepresentedinthepaper.ThetestresultsofanHTSleadoptimizedfor8kAshowthata98.4%efficiencycanbeachieved.