Fault tolerant superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) device

A superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) device having a plurality of interwoven windings provides for alternative discharge paths for energy stored as magnetic fields in the windings in response to an open-circuit winding fault in one of the windings.

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Hauptverfasser: Bollman, Andrew Mark, Armstrong, Michael James
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Zusammenfassung:A superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) device having a plurality of interwoven windings provides for alternative discharge paths for energy stored as magnetic fields in the windings in response to an open-circuit winding fault in one of the windings.