CHARACTERISING OF A SMALL HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING COIL INTENDED TO BE USED AS ENERGY STORAGE UNIT FOR SPACECRAFT POWER SYSTEMS Print

 

CHARACTERISING OF A SMALL HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING COIL INTENDED TO BE USED AS ENERGY STORAGE UNIT FOR SPACECRAFT POWER SYSTEMS


Mariana Iliescu1*, Mihail Culcer1, Florian Stefanescu2, Marian Curuia1, Elena Carcadea1, Nicu Bizon3, Simona Maria Raboaca1, Gabriel Rasoi1, Mihai Varlam1


1National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies – ICSI Rm. Valcea, Code 240050, Uzinei Street no. 4, P.O. Box Râureni 7, Valcea, Romania;
2PFA Stefanescu Florian, Craiova; 3University of Pitesti, Romania

ABSTRACT

Data included in the Test Certificate which accompanied an existent High Temperature Superconductor coil, delivered by Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., is referring only to the dimensional and safety parameters of the device, and it is not sufficient for sizing an energy storage unit intended to demonstrate the feasibility of such a system for space applications.

The paper deals with both theoretical and experimental work carried out in order to characterize the aforementioned HTS (High Temperature Superconductor) coil, as the first step on the way of achieving and validating a HTS SMES ( Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage) for the use in spacecraft power systems.

Keywords: magnetic energy storage, high temperature superconducting coil, inductance.


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*Corresponding author: Mariana Iliescu, E-mail: Mariana.Iliescu@icsi.ro, Phone: 0250/732 744, Fax: 0250/732 746