AC loss study of high-temperature superconducting stacked conductors based on parameter identification method

Abstract

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.