Optimized performance of an all-REBaCuO hybrid trapped field magnet lens (HTFML) with liquid nitrogen cooling

Abstract

The hybrid trapped field magnet lens (HTFML), proposed by the authors in 2018, is a promising device that is able to concentrate a magnetic field higher than the applied field continuously, even after removing the external applied field. In this study, we have investigated the optimized performance of the HTFML consisting of a GdBaCuO magnetic lens and a hollow, cylindrical EuBaCuO trapped field magnet (TFM) for various applied fields, Bapp, at 77 K using liquid nitrogen. A maximum concentrated magnetic field of Bc = 1.83 T was obtained experimentally in the central bore of the HTFML for Bapp = 1.80 T. For Bapp higher than 1.80 T, the Bc value decreased, and was lower than the trapped field, Bt, in the single EuBaCuO TFM cylinder from field cooled magnetization. We have individually analyzed the electromagnetic behavior of the HTFML, single TFM hollow cylinder, and single magnetic lens during the magnetizing process using experimental and numerical simulation results. When the Bc value in the HTFML is lower than the Bt value of the single TFM cylinder for an identical Bapp, the magnetic lens in the HTFML becomes partially magnetized, resulting in the generation of a negative magnetic field in the opposite direction. As a result, the concentrated field in the HTFML is reduced after the magnetizing process. The optimum applied field, Bapp, which is the same magnitude as the maximum trapped field ability of the single TFM cylinder, provides the best performance. The maximum Bc value, and the Bapp value that results in this Bc value, are determined by the critical current density, Jc(B), characteristics of the bulk superconducting material used in the magnetic lens and TFM hollow cylinder in the HTFML.