Electrical and thermal analyses of a second generation high temperature superconducting magnet with vanadium III oxide and Kapton polyimide film insulation materials under an over-pulse current

Abstract

In this study, we developed a novel simulation code to analyze a second-generation high-temperature superconductor (HTS) magnet that was insulated with a polyimide film and vanadium III oxide (V2O3). In particular, V2O3 is one of the metal–insulator transition materials that has resistivity that varies with temperature. For its commercialization for large-scale HTS magnet applications, the HTS magnet that uses V2O3 is expected to achieve both of the desired characteristics, specifically, (a) high electrical and thermal stabilities for the non-insulated coils, and (b) prompt controllability of the insulated coils. First, an equivalent electrical-circuit model is proposed to develop a simulation code for the analysis of electrical and thermal characteristics of polyimide and V2O3. Then, all simulated results were compared with experimental results of a small-scale HTS single pancake coil and discussed to verify the reliability of the developed simulation code.