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Development and Testing of 2G High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Field Coils for HTS Synchronous Machines

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High temperature superconducting (HTS) synchronous machines are compact and light weight machines with higher torque to weight ratio, lower noise and better dynamic response for strategic and critical industrial applications. The development of HTS field coil is one of the main technological challenges in realizing the HTS synchronous machines, as it involves the selection of HTS tape, winding technology, handling of the HTS tape while winding on a winding machine and testing of the developed HTS coil at desired cryogenic temperatures. With advancements in HTS tape technology, recent 2G HTS tapes are offered with higher engineering current densities with respect to 1G HTS tapes even at higher magnetic fields. Hence, the replacement of 1G HTS field coils of previously designed 200 kVA HTS synchronous machine with 2G HTS field coils at the same operating cryo-temperature shows a potential to enhance its capacity to 350 kVA (more than 75% increase in machine output). In the present work the details of design, development and testing of a double pancake type 2G HTS field coil are presented for capacity enhancement of earlier 1G based 200kVA HTS synchronous machine.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the management of Corporate R & D, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Hyderabad, Dr. Abhay Singh Gour and Mr. Sudheer Thadela of Cryogenic Engineering Centre, IIT Kharagpur for their support extended during this work.

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  1. Applied Superconductivity Lab, Cryogenic Engineering Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721352, India

    V. A. S. Muralidhar Bathula & V. V. Rao

  2. Corporate R&D Division, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500093, India

    V. A. S. Muralidhar Bathula, D. K. Sharma & U. K. Choudhury

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Muralidhar Bathula, V.A.S., Sharma, D.K., Choudhury, U.K. et al. Development and Testing of 2G High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Field Coils for HTS Synchronous Machines. J. Electr. Eng. Technol. 16, 1539–1546 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42835-021-00708-6

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