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Quench-Protection Strategies for HTS Conductors
Title: President
Phone: (614) 882-2231
Email: cpi@infinet.com
Title: Vice President
Phone: (614) 882-2231
Email: cpi@infinet.com
Contact: Minking K Chyu
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Phone: (412) 624-9783
Type: Nonprofit College or University
An assessment will be made of two quench-protection strategies for HTS conductors, one based on dielectric insulations with enhanced thermal properties and the other on a cryovaristor technology. Three insulations are considered: ceramic powders in Formvar, sputtered ceramics, and diamond films. Both strategies make use of established databases at CeramPhysics (except for diamond films). Additional thermal measurements will be made on Formvar/powder composites, and a sputtered ceramic film on an HTS conductor will be demonstrated. Three-dimensional, transient, heat transfer modeling for the insulations will be performed by Prof. M. K. Chyu of the University of Pittsburgh. The electrical/thermal properties of a cryovaristor film will be modeled. The most favorable strategy will be identified.
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