Critical current measurement for design of HTS DC power cables

Abstract

Critical currents of HTS DC power cables were calculated. In the calculation a relationship between critical current density and magnetic flux density proposed by Gömöry et al. [1] was used and the parameters used in the relationship were obtained by the critical current measurements with respect to the external magnetic field for a sample of the HTS tape. Numerical models of cables were composed and their critical currents were calculated, which showed the strong dependence on the arrangement of the HTS tapes in the cable. Critical current measurements of model cables assembled based on the calculations showed that the measured critical currents also depended on the arrangement of the HTS tapes strongly. The calculated results were compared with the experimental results, which showed that the experimental results agreed well with the calculated results.