The research of LTS/HTS hybrid conductor is a more recent topic in superconducting domain,and the current-sharing temperature is a key parameter to identify the characteristic of superconducting material.In this paper,based on the power-law model,the current-sharing temperatures for LTS and HTS were calculated respectively,and the calculated results have a good agreement with the existing equation results.The current-sharing temperature of a LTS/HTS hybrid superconducting conductor was numerically calculated.The calculated result of hybrid conductor shows that its current-sharing temperature can increase at least 0.2 K compared with typical LTS conductor with the same normalized transport current,so that the stability of this hybrid conductor is better than typical LTS supercondutor.It indicates that this LTS/HTS hybrid conductor as the substitutes of low-temperature superconductor,will have a wide application prospect and talent commercial value.
Current distribution and stability of a hybrid LTS/HTS superconductor, consisting of multifilamentary NbTi/Cu and Bi2223/Ag tapes, were numerically analyzed according to power-law models. The results showed that most of current passed through the LTS and the current increased in the HTS with temperature rise when the transport current was below the critical current of the hybrid conductor. The quench propagation velocity of the hybrid conductor was smaller but its minimum quench energy was larger than those of LTS conductors, indicating that the stability of the hybrid superconducting conductor was effectively improved and a high engineering current density was simultaneously achieved. Finally, a hybrid sample, made by soldering Bi2223/Ag tape onto NbTi/Cu conductor, was prepared and tested successfully at helium temperature. The experimental results qualitatively agreed with the simulated ones.
GUAN XiaoJin1,2, WANG YinShun1 & ZHOU WeiWei3 1 Key Laboratory of HV and EMC Beijing, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
