HTS Power Transformer SPI Project with Waukesha Electric, IGC, and Rochester Gas & Electric

	5/10-MVA Alpha prototype under construction in Phase II of the SPI 25 kV/4.2 kV rating Advantages include better overload capability, higher efficiency, lower environmental hazard, smaller size Closed-cycle cryocooling Initial operation on grid at Waukesha Electric Plant ORNL collaborating on ac loss measurements, dielectrics, and cryogenics
HTS transformer design concept

 

Waukesha Electric Intermagnetics General Corporation

WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSFORMER (HTS) SUCCESSFULLY TESTED

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