Jj. Rabbers et al., Transport current loss of BSCCO/Ag tape in different orientations of the external alternating magnetic field, IEEE APPL S, 9(2), 1999, pp. 801-804
BSCCO/Ag tapes are being developed for electrical power applications at liq
uid nitrogen temperatures. In these applications, conductors are exposed to
an alternating magnetic field and fed simultaneously with an alternating t
ransport current, In this contribution the influence of an external alterna
ting magnetic field on the transport current loss of a single tape is studi
ed experimentally. Special attention is paid to the loss as a function of t
he orientation of the external magnetic field. The transport current loss i
n a DC external magnetic field can be described well by the decrease of the
critical current due to the magnetic field. In the case of an AC external
magnetic field this is only a minor effect. Effects responsible for the inc
rease of the transport current loss in external AC magnetic field are inves
tigated with respect to their angle dependency. A model based on a 1 dimens
ional meddling of the conductor and an average critical current density dur
ing the magnetic field cycle is presented. This model describes the measure
d results reasonably well below the critical current.