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Improved superconductors for SMES devices will be developed and tested
in the Navy SMES cable development program, To test these improved SM
ES cables, Westinghouse Science & Technology Center is constructing a
background field coil for the SMES cable test apparatus that will prov
ide a magnetic field of up to 4 T on a 1.8 meter diameter test specime
n. The background coil superconductor design operating point is determ
ined bg stability considerations and the superconductor critical surfa
ce, Stability of the ventilated, cabled superconductor proposed for th
e background field magnet is reviewed in terms of cryostability, curre
nt redistribution, and enthalpy stabilization of surrounding liquid he
lium.