Title

Transient Electromagnetic And Heat Transfer Characteristics Of The Mgb 2 Superconductor In Liquid Helium

Keywords

Curl-curl equation; He boiling; HTS; MgB 2; Temperature distribution

Abstract

A transient current density analysis is carried out for the type II superconductor (SC) material MgB2 in liquid Helium. Variable magnetic fields are used as the unknown in solving the curl-curl relations of the electromagnetic fields applying the finite element method (FEM) for 2D axis symmetric cylindrical wires. Assuming an exponential current rise, the magnetic flux, current density and temperature distribution in the SC and He are calculated. This study gives the limiting current values to avoid the normal state, the temperature distribution profile with time as well as the changes in the magnitude of the current and time constant. Oscillations and non-uniform temperature distributions are observed in He and in the SC respectively if one varies the parameters which are related to the different heat transfer mechanisms. A slight instability in the current distribution is also observed which might transfer to a thermal instability, i.e. could signal He boiling. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Publication Date

7-1-2013

Publication Title

Journal of Low Temperature Physics

Volume

172

Issue

1-2

Number of Pages

84-93

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0851-9

Socpus ID

84879948564 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84879948564

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