Demonstration of a superconducting inductive pulsed power supply at simulated load conditions

Abstract

A laboratory set-up of a 0.5 MJ superconducting pulsed power supply is described. This combination of a superconducting inductive energy storage system with a superconducting pulse switch is performed using standard NbTi technology. Two principles of laboratory pulse loads are introduced, which simulate voltage and current conditions similar to those of ETC applications. The experimental results of pulse discharge experiments confirm good compatibility of inductive energy storage and the load simulators. Further experimental results demonstrate the possibility of pulse conditioning by sequential discharge of storage modules.