Superconductors for power applications: an executable and web application to learn about resistive fault current limiters
by administrator on Mar 20, 2024 2:28:56 PM
This model was shared by Nicolo Riva, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The model solves a 1-D electro-thermal model of am HTS tape in a resistive fault current limiter, working under AC fault conditions. It evaluates important figures of merit such as the limited current, the …
A-V formulation for numerical modelling of superconductor magnetization in true 3-D geometry
by administrator on Mar 20, 2024 2:23:52 PM
This model was shared by Mykola Soloviov, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Slovak Academy of Sciences. Model file of superconducting cup magnetization in the diagonally oriented external AC magnetic field. The model was saved in the Comsol v. 5.4 without generated mesh and solutio …
Coupled A-H formulation for magneto-thermal transients in HTS magnets
by administrator on Mar 15, 2024 2:07:11 PM
These models were shared by shared by Lorenzo Bortot, CERN. The two models implement a coupled A-H field formulation in FEM, solving for H in the superconducting tapes, and for A elsewhere. The tapes are represented either by means of 2D domains or 1D thin-shells. For the second case, …
New benchmark problem for electromagnetic modelling of superconductors: the high-Tc superconducting dynamo
by administrator on Mar 15, 2024 1:53:53 PM
The high-Tc superconducting (HTS) dynamo has recently been proposed as a new benchmark problem for the HTS modelling community. The benchmark geometry consists of a permanent magnet rotating past a stationary HTS wire in the open-circuit configuration and assumes for simplicity the 2D …
AC losses calculation in REBCO coils or stacks
by administrator on Mar 15, 2024 1:51:04 PM
This model can calculate HTS stack/coil with various applied current and magnetic field. Its greatest advantage is the calculating speed could be very fast. The model is calculated by integration method, which was first proposed by Brandt for HTS tape. Here it is extended to ReBCO sta …
H-ϕ formulation in COMSOL Multiphysics for simulating the magnetization of bulk superconductors and comparison with the H-formulation
by administrator on Mar 15, 2024 1:49:01 PM
These models use the H-phi formulation to efficiently calculate the magnetic field produced by a superconducting bulk magnetized by zero field cooling in a uniform magnetic field. The models are created in COMSOL Multiphysics 4.3b and COMSOL Multiphysics 5.5 in order to be more access …
Open source 2-D finite difference method for the simulation of HTS cables
by administrator on Mar 15, 2024 1:45:54 PM
In this work a two-dimensional open source simulation code based on the finite difference method (FDM) has been developed. It is solved by means of the alternating direction implicit routine (ADI). The algorithm has been written in MATLAB language. The method improves computational pe …
ANSYS APDL codes for modelling the critical state magnetization current in REBCO tape stacks with a large number of turns using the A-V formulation
by administrator on Mar 15, 2024 1:40:00 PM
An iterative algorithm method, based on ANSYS A–V formulation, is developed to simulate the critical state magnetization current Jc(B,θ) in ReBCO tape stacks during the field-cooling magnetization. The computation speed is quite fast because the eddy current is not computed in non-sup …
GetDP Scripts for simulating superconductors and soft ferromagnetic materials
by administrator on Mar 15, 2024 1:37:04 PM
Models based on GetDP as a finite element solver and Gmsh as a mesh generator. The models include an E-J power law for superconductors and an anhysteretic law for ferromagnetic materials. The finite element method is implemented either with an A- or an H-formulation, for tapes, cylind …
MATLAB scripts for simulation of superconductors (tapes, bars and cylinders)
by administrator on Mar 15, 2024 1:34:33 PM
Scripts for Matlab to simulate superconducting strips, bars and cylinders in various conditions of applied magnetic fields and currents. To find the current distribution, an integral formulation known as Brandt’s method is used.
