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The Effect of Different Copper Discs on the Discharge of Superconducting Coils

Journal

CRYSTALS
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cryst12081118

Keywords

HTS magnets; quench protection; discharge; copper disc

Funding

  1. Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) [XDB25020200]

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High temperature superconducting magnets are at risk of quench, which can be dangerous. A quench protection system using dump resistances and copper discs is proposed to reduce current and release energy. The effect of different copper discs on the discharging process of HTS coils is discussed, and it is found that copper discs with higher residual resistivity ratios perform better in quench protection.
High temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets often work at high energy density and have slow quench propagation speed, so a quench will present a serious risk to the safety of magnets. The quench protection method based on the dump resistance can effectively reduce the current and release the energy in the HTS magnets. However, too large dump resistance may cause excessive voltage across the magnets. A quench protection system consisting of dump resistances and metal discs has been proposed. Copper discs are often embedded in HTS magnets for conducting cooling and mechanical support. In the discharging process of HTS magnets, the copper discs can absorb energy from the magnets through magnetic coupling, thus accelerating the current decay of the magnets. This quench protection method is more effective than using dump resistance alone. In this paper, the effect of different copper discs on the discharging process of HTS coils is discussed. Eight types of copper with different residual resistivity ratios (RRR) are applied. The results show that with the increase of the RRR of the copper disc, the current decay rate of the coil increases, and the energy absorbed by the copper disc from the coil increases. The role of different copper discs in the fast quench protection of the coil can be sorted as: RRR = 300 > RRR = 100 > RRR = 80 > RRR = 60 > RRR = 40 > RRR = 30 > RRR = 20 > RRR = 10. The copper disc with RRR of 300 shows the best performance in quench protection of HTS coils.

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