Design, Construction and Testing of a Pulsed High Energy Inductive Superconducting Energy Storage System

Abstract

Major problems associated with inductive energy storage systems operated at high repetition rates include: breaking high currents in inductive circuits; developing a low loss superconductor and from it building a coil which remains superconducting during the rapid charge period; and building a low heat leak non-conducting dewar. Theoretical analyses concerning conductor energy losses, transient heating effects, electrical circuits, and switch actuation, were conducted. To confirm these analyses experiments were conducted on model non-conducting dewars and 1 and 7 kJ stored energy model coils using a pneumatically actuated vacuum interrupter.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA015892

Entities

People

  • E. J. Lucas
  • P. M. Margosian
  • R. J. Camille
  • R. J. Thome
  • W. F. Punchard

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuits
  • Current Density
  • Electrical Circuits
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Transfer
  • Latent Heat
  • Materials Processing
  • Measurement
  • Pulsed Power
  • Repetition Rate
  • Superconducting Magnets
  • Switches
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermodynamics
  • Transition Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Software Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.