30 MW BABCOCK AND WILCOX SMES PROGRAM FOR UTILITY APPLICATIONS

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) is working with Anchorage Municipal Light and P ower (ML&P) to design, manufacture and install a 30 MW, 1800 MJ SMES s ystem in Anchorage, Alaska. This will be the first mid-sized SMES syst em that will demonstrate full four-quadrant utility application. The s ystem will consist of a superconducting magnet, a power conversion sys tem, a refrigeration system and a control system. This paper describes the general system, the utility applications, and the magnet and cond uctor design.