Second-Generation High-Temperature Superconducting Coils and Their Applications for Energy Storage

• Main Author: Yuan, Weijia (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2011.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Engineering.; Renewable energy resources.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Renewable and Green Energy.

Second-Generation High-Temperature Superconducting Coils and Their Applications for Energy Storage addresses the practical electric power applications of high-temperature superconductors. It validates the concept of a prototype energy storage system using newly available 2G HTS conductors by investi...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Background of Superconductors
• 3. Development of SMES Systems
• 4. Coil Design
• 5. Modelling of Superconducting Pancake Coil
• 6. Coil Tests and Applications for SMES
• 7. Conclusions.