Abstract
REBCO tapes have an immense potential in next-generation electric machines such as high-efficiency industrial motors, high-power wind turbine generators, and electric aircraft. We have constructed a pilot-scale advanced metal organic chemical vapor deposition (A-MOCVD) manufacturing tool to produce 50-meter-long REBCO tapes with film thickness over 4 μm in a single pass. The composition of these REBCO tapes with 5% Zr dopant has been optimized for high critical current in low magnetic fields at 65 K, specifically for use in an industrial motor. Several 50-meter-long tapes with 4+ μm thick films and 5% Zr have been fabricated with uniform critical current (Ic) over 1,750 A/12 mm at 65 K, 0.25 T. The critical current of all tapes has been examined over their entire length by scanning hall probe microscopy at 77 K, 0 T. The tapes were slit and copper plated to 4 mm wide strands to fabricate and test a rotor coil for a 500 HP motor.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 6600105 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Keywords
- Critical current
- high-temperature superconductors
- long tape
- MOCVD