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A new benchmark problem for electromagnetic modelling of superconductors: the high- T c superconducting dynamo
- Source :
- Superconductor science and technology, 33 (10), Article: 105009
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- IOP Publishing, 2020.
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Abstract
- The high-Tc superconducting (HTS) dynamo is a promising device that can inject large DC supercurrents into a closed superconducting circuit. This is particularly attractive to energise HTS coils in NMR/MRI magnets and superconducting rotating machines without the need for connection to a power supply via current leads. It is only very recently that quantitatively accurate, predictive models have been developed which are capable of analysing HTS dynamos and explain their underlying physical mechanism. In this work, we propose to use the HTS dynamo as a new benchmark problem for the HTS modelling community. The benchmark geometry consists of a permanent magnet rotating past a stationary HTS coated-conductor wire in the open-circuit configuration, assuming for simplicity the 2D (infinitely long) case. Despite this geometric simplicity the solution is complex, comprising time-varying spatially-inhomogeneous currents and fields throughout the superconducting volume. In this work, this benchmark problem has been implemented using several different methods, including H-formulation-based methods, coupled H-A and T-A formulations, the Minimum Electromagnetic Entropy Production method, and integral equation and volume integral equation-based equivalent circuit methods. Each of these approaches show excellent qualitative and quantitative agreement for the open-circuit equivalent instantaneous voltage and the cumulative time-averaged equivalent voltage, as well as the current density and electric field distributions within the HTS wire at key positions during the magnet transit. A critical analysis and comparison of each of the modelling frameworks is presented, based on the following key metrics: number of mesh elements in the HTS wire, total number of mesh elements in the model, number of degrees of freedom (DOFs), tolerance settings and the approximate time taken per cycle for each model.<br />22 pages, 7 figures, 2 tables
- Subjects :
- Paper
High-temperature superconductivity
Materials science
FOS: Physical sciences
HTS dynamo
law.invention
Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
high temperature superconductors
law
Condensed Matter::Superconductivity
High temperature superconductor
Materials Chemistry
ddc:530
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Superconductivity
coated conductor
Computer simulation
Physics
Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
Metals and Alloys
Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
Condensed Matter Physics
Electromagnetic modelling
Computational physics
HTS modelling
numerical simulation
Ceramics and Composites
Benchmark (computing)
flux pump
Physics - Computational Physics
Dynamo
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09532048 and 13616668
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Superconductor science and technology, 33 (10), Article: 105009
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b23c7e04aed2d145b07ca412b6614f82