Experimental Setup for the Investigation of Superconducting Persistent Current

Abstract

We report on a recent experimental setup for the investigation of the relaxation rate of the persistent current in an assembly of closed superconducting loops made out of currently manufactured coated conductors. This report describes how to prepare closed superconducting loops made with commercial coated conductors for the assembly, mount the assembly in a cryostat, and operate the experimental setup for data acquisition. This documentation is intended to support future investigations of coated conductors in either tape or wire form or for bulk superconductors in an appropriate form of closed circuit. One of the advantages of this experimental setup is the ability to study superconducting current characteristics at cryo-temperatures in magnetic field at time scale of seconds to hours.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2015
Accession Number
ADA622299

Entities

People

  • Charles C. Rong
  • George A. Levin
  • Jason D. Miller
  • Paul N. Barnes

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Assembly
  • Calibration
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Connectors
  • Copper
  • Critical Temperature
  • Cryostats
  • Curvature
  • Data Acquisition
  • Electric Current
  • High Temperature
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Power Supplies
  • Superconductors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Software Engineering
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology