High Temperature Supercondcuting Component Test Laboratory

The high temperature superconductor (HTS) component test laboratory at DTU Wind and Energy systems is focused on offering test measurements of high temperature superconducting tapes and energy related devices such as coils and cables to industrial collaborators.

The main measurements and services offered are:

1) IV curves of High Temperature Superconducting tapes characterized in either Liquid Nitrogen (LN₂) or in vacuum using a cryostat equipped with a CH-110 cold head.
2) Characterization of coils wound from HTS tapes and cooled in either Liquid Nitrogen or in vacuum using a cryostat equipped with a CH-110 cold head.
3) Winding of HTS tapes into test coils for long-length tape characterization. 
4) Thermal cycling of devices based on HTS materials between room temperature and T = 50 K in vacuum using a cryostat equipped with a CH-110 cold head. This service can also be relevant for devices of quantum computers operated at cold temperatures. 

The following training is offered:

1) Operation of a High Temperature Superconducting wind turbine generator coil mounted in a vacuum cryostat as described in X. Song et al., "A Full-Size High-Temperature Superconducting Coil Employed in a Wind Turbine Generator Setup," in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1-5, June 2017, Art no. 5201105, doi: 10.1109/TASC.2017.2656627 and X. Song et al., "A Pole Pair Segment of a 2-MW High-Temperature Superconducting Wind Turbine Generator," in IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1-5, June 2017, Art no. 5201205, doi: 10.1109/TASC.2017.2656778. The training can include vacuum preparation, cool down, coil characterization and operation as well as warm-up illustrated on an online platform. 
2) Bachelor and Master student project at DTU in collaboration with relevant industrial partners.
3) Teaching modules on superconductivity in relation to individual courses at DTU or to external partners.



For further discussion of collaborations contact:

Asger Bech Abrahamsen. PhD. Senior Researcher.

Structural Integrity and Load assessment (SIL) section
Wind Materials and Components testing (WMC) division
Department of Wind and Energy Systems
Technical University of Denmark

Building 101, DTU Risø Campus
Frederiksborgvej 399
DK-4000 Roskilde
Denmark
 
E-mail : [email protected]
Mobile : +45 24921613
    

High Temperature Superconductors (HTS) are materials which loose their electrical resistance R below a critical temperature T_C and can then transport electricity without losses. These materials can be used to construct compact power cable and coils for generating high magnetic fields in future wind turbine generators. DTU offers measurement of the properties of HTS wires as well as devices such as coils based on HTS wires.