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This paper proposes a numerical approach to calculate the characteristic resistance (Rc) of partial-insulation (PI) and no-insulation (NI) high-temperature superconductor pancake coils with the nonuniform current path in such coils taken into consideration. Recently, an analytic approach has been proposed to estimate (R \rm c) of an NI coil, where the coil current is assumed to be “uniform” over the entire coil. This model, however, is not effective to explain the increase of (Rc) when a coil is modified from NI to PI. In this paper, we first introduce our numerical approach based on a finite element analysis. Then, the charging characteristics of selected PI and NI coils that we had previously reported are analyzed by the proposed approach. Reasonable agreement between the measured and calculated data validates the proposed approach to estimate (Rc) of a PI as well as an NI coil. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper investigated quench initiation and propagation characteristics of grease insulation coils by conducting thermal-quench tests for two GdBCO single-pancake coils, namely a coil co-wound with silicon grease (termed as the SiG coil) and the other coil co-wound with Kapton tape (termed as the INS coil), as turn-to-turn insulation. The test results confirmed that the SiG coil exhibited better thermal and electrical stabilities when compared with the INS coil because the operating current could be bypassed in the radial direction through the turn-to-turn contacts when a local hot spot was generated. The SiG coil had superior thermal and electrical stabilities. However, a nonrecovering resistive zone could be generated because excessive Joule heat energy could be induced by radial current flow due to the existence of radial resistance that was mainly generated by silicon grease and nonsuperconducting materials including the substrate, stabilizer, and buffer layers within the high-temperature superconductor (HTS). Therefore, it is essential to consider critical Joule heat energy that is influenced by operating current and stored magnetic energy as well as the radial resistance to achieve self-protective 2G HTS coils. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper presents a study on the effects of winding tension on the characteristic resistance of a no-insulation (NI) coil. Two ReBCO NI test pancake coils, having the same winding i.d. (60 mm), o.d. (67.6 mm), and number of turns (60), were sequentially prepared in a way that the first test coil was wound with a winding tension of 12-N, tested, and then rewound with a new winding tension of 20-N for the same tests. In each test, the test coil was energized at a target current, the power supply was “suddenly” disconnected, and then the temporal decay of the coil center field was measured, from which the time constant of the test coil and the consequent characteristic resistance were obtained. To check the reproducibility of experimental data, each test was repeated four times and each time the test coil was unwound and rewound with a given winding tension. The experimental results were analyzed with equivalent circuit analyses. Correlation between the winding tension and the characteristic resistance was discussed in detail. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]