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In the development of high temperature superconducting (HTS) power machines, HTS bushing is one of core technologies. In particular, the insulation body with sheds and electrical insulation at cryogenic temperature have attracted a great deal of interest from the view point of the size, weight and efficiency of bushing. In this study, the electrical and mechanical characteristics of various insulators for body in liquid nitrogen (LN2) were investigated. And the surface discharge distance, collar length of GFRP sheds were studied. To emit bubbles between sheds, the shape and arrangement of shed were studied. The shed structure for 60 kV class HTS bushing were designed with regular arrangement.

For the operation of high temperature superconducting (HTS) power equipments, it is necessary to develop insulating materials a nd high voltage (HV) insulation technology at cryogenic temperature of bushing. In this paper, the surface flashover characteristics of various insulating materials in LN 2 are studied. These results are studied at both AC and impulse voltage under a non-uniform field. The negative impulse breakdown voltage of GFRP is slightly higher than the positive impulse breakdown voltage. The use of glass fiber reinforced plastic(GFRP) and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, Teflon) as insulation body for HTS bushing should be much desirable. Especially, GFRP is excellent material not only surface flashover characteristics but also mechanical characteristics at cryogenic temperature. The surface flashover is most serious problem for the shed design in LN 2 and operation of superconducting equipment. 1. INTRODUCTION Recently, HTS power equipments such as HTS cable, fault current limiter, transformer and others have attracted much interest from the view point of energy. In order to commercialize HTS power equipments, it is necessary to develop HTS conductor, cooling system, insulation and materials technology and high voltage (HV) bushing. Especially, HV bushing is a very important because it must supply the high voltage to the cable or winding of the transformer. The HV bushing is basically a hollow insulator that allowing a conductor to pass along its center.

DC high-temperature superconducting(HTS) cable system has attracted a great deal of interest from the view point of low loss, dense structure and large capacity. A HTS cable system is made of cable and termination. The insulating materials and insulation technology must be solved for the long life, reliability and compact of cable system. In this paper, we will report on the dielectric breakdown characteristics of insulating materials for HTS cable and termination. The AC, DC and lightning impulse breakdown strength of laminated polypropylene paper(PPLP) and glass fiber reinforced plastic(GFRP) have been measured under nitrogen pressures in the range of 0.l-0.4MPa. PPLP and GFRP are found to have a significantly higher DC breakdown strength. Also, DC surface flashover voltage of negative polarity is slightly higher than that of positive polarity in GFRP.

Superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) has attracted a great deal of interest from the viewpoint of energy saving. The magnet of conduction-cooled high temperature superconducting (HTS) SMES is cooled down by a cryocooler. One of the most important problems to be assured the protection of magnet and cryocooler is breakdown at cryogenic temperature. In this study, we investigated insulation materials such as Kapton, Aluminum Nitride(AIN), Alumina(), glass fiber reinforced plastics(GFRP) and vacuum in cryogenic temperature. Also, we analyzed statistically the Weibull distribution of breakdown voltage.