A conceptual design of a superconducting magnet for MAGLEV using a Bi-based high-Tc tape

A conceptual design of a superconducting magnet for MAGLEV using a Bi-based high-Tc superconducting tape ((BiPb)/sub 2/Sr/sub 2/Ca/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 8/-Ag) is studied. In this study, the structure of conductor and coil, AC loss, stability, current lead, persistent current switch, cryostat structure and cooling system are estimated. The characteristics of the design are as follows: (1) the superconducting coil is cooled by a refrigerator at 20 K and is operated by persistent mode; (2) the coil is constructed by 6 pieces of double pancake coils, and each pancake coil is graded by changing conductor size; (3) the temperature rise of the coil is about 2 K due to AC loss; and (4) the superconducting stability is very high.<
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