HTS Cable Facility

 

 

The 5-meter HTS cable test facility has been used to test prototype cables to support development of the world's first industrial HTS cable power delivery system at Southwire Co. in Carrollton, GA

  • Facility capability
		100-kV ac power supply
		3-kA ac steady state
		4-kA dc steady state
		25-kA dc pulsed (15 kA in < 200 msec)
		200 kV BIL power supply
		~1 kW LN cooling (70-77 K)
		partial discharge detector
		PC-based data acquisition using 
		  LabView
  • A flexible facility for evaluating new HTS cable designs and support components

 

  • Cooling system, HTS cables and terminations supplied by Southwire

 

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