Open AccessDevelopment of a superconducting transformer for high current conductor testing
Author(s) -
H J Liu,
Yi Shi,
Fobang Liu,
H Chen,
X T Zhang,
Lijun Lei
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1559/1/012113
Subject(s) - current transformer , conductor , electromagnetic coil , electrical engineering , transformer , electrical conductor , superconductivity , hall effect sensor , voltage , delta wye transformer , flyback transformer , engineering , materials science , magnet , physics , condensed matter physics , composite material
Critical current (Ic) tests on superconducting conductors require currents on the order of tens of kilo-amperes in combination with sub-microvolt resolution voltage measurements. Instead of traditional expensive DC power supply and complicated current leads, a superconducting transformer has been developed to feed the test sample with current up to 30 kA. The transformer consists of two concentric layer-wound superconducting solenoids with the primary coil inside the secondary. In order to reduce the influence by stray field of background magnet and transformer, a hall array with two hall sensors symmetrically distributed around the secondary conductor is used to achieve accurate secondary current measurement. This paper describes the design and manufacturing of transformer, including accurate secondary current measurement method. The first test results are also presented. The superconducting transformer system enables fast, high resolution, economic and safe tests of high current conductors.