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Design of Electrical Terminals for High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Power Cable


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1 Cryogenic Engineering Center, IIT Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal, India
     

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HTS cables are designed to carry bulk power with high ampacity in superconducting state. These cables require terminal connectors of same ampacity to transfer power from source to load via HTS cable. This paper deals with thermal analysis of 2 kA, 220V DC terminal connector for HTS cable. The ohmic losses were computed and were used as an input for steady state thermal analysis of HTS terminal connector. Based on thermal analysis optimal location of feed through is estimated for thermal stability of HTS cable.

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Cryogenics, End Termination, Heat Transfer, HTS Cable, FEM
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Authors

Srikumar Nayek
Cryogenic Engineering Center, IIT Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal, India
Ankit Anand
Cryogenic Engineering Center, IIT Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal, India
Abhay S. Gour
Cryogenic Engineering Center, IIT Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal, India
V. V. Rao
Cryogenic Engineering Center, IIT Kharagpur – 721302, West Bengal, India

Abstract


HTS cables are designed to carry bulk power with high ampacity in superconducting state. These cables require terminal connectors of same ampacity to transfer power from source to load via HTS cable. This paper deals with thermal analysis of 2 kA, 220V DC terminal connector for HTS cable. The ohmic losses were computed and were used as an input for steady state thermal analysis of HTS terminal connector. Based on thermal analysis optimal location of feed through is estimated for thermal stability of HTS cable.

Keywords


Cryogenics, End Termination, Heat Transfer, HTS Cable, FEM



DOI: https://doi.org/10.33686/pwj.v14i2.144715