Publications by Bertrand Dutoit

Optical fibre based quench detection in HTS applications using machine learning classifiers

Nicolo' Riva, Arooj Akbar, Bertrand Dutoit, Bertrand Dutoit

A Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) based optical fibre sensing technique, developed and patented by EPFL, is an efficient and economical way to detect hotspots in High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) applications. Due to the MZI sensitivity being a compo ...

Elsevier2022

Feasibility Study of GaToroid Gantries for Carbon Ions

Bertrand Dutoit, Luca Bottura, Enrico Felcini, Bertrand Dutoit

The use of carbon ions in particle therapy can enhance the treatment quality, introducing higher biological effectiveness compared to photons and protons. Rotating gantries are nowadays used to deliver particle beams from different directions to obtain pre ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Superconductors for power applications: an executable and web application to learn about resistive fault current limiters

Francesco Grilli, Nicolo' Riva, Bertrand Dutoit, Bertrand Dutoit

High-temperature superconductors (HTS) can be superconducting in liquid nitrogen (77 K) at atmospheric pressure, which holds immense promises for our future such as nuclear fusion, compact medical devices and efficient power applications. In a power system ...

2021

Optimization Method for Extracting Stabilizer Geometry and Properties of REBCO Tapes

Francesco Grilli, Nicolo' Riva, Arooj Akbar, Bertrand Dutoit, Bertrand Dutoit

A good knowledge of material properties is a critical aspect for modeling high-temperature superconductor (HTS) devices. However, the electrical resistivity of coated conductors above the critical current is limited. The major challenge in characterizing t ...

2021

Design of the First HTS Single-Coil Demonstrator of GaToroid Toroidal Gantry for Hadron Therapy

Luca Bottura, Enrico Felcini, Bertrand Dutoit, Jérôme Harray, Bertrand Dutoit

The design and construction of compact and lightweight gantries for hadron therapy are essential steps toward wider accessibility to this cancer treatment. The use of a high-field steady-state toroidal gantry, i.e., GaToroid, represents an attractive alter ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2021

Fast Hotspot Detection in SFCLs by Exploiting Strain Response in Optical Fiber Sensing

Luc Thévenaz, Nicolo' Riva, Zhisheng Yang, Arooj Akbar, Bertrand Dutoit, Bertrand Dutoit

Superconducting fault current limiters (SFCLs) can be used to limit fault currents in both meshed DC and AC grids by transitioning from superconducting to resistive state, in the presence of high currents. While the device is theoretically a great way to p ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2021

Magnetic Design of a Superconducting Toroidal Gantry for Hadron Therapy

Luca Bottura, Enrico Felcini, Bertrand Dutoit, Bertrand Dutoit

Hadron and proton therapy are cutting edge techniques for cancer treatment and a great development of specialized medical centers and research facilities is foreseen in the next decades. One of the main obstacles to the penetration of the use of charged pa ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

Resistivity of REBCO tapes in overcritical current regime: impact on superconducting fault current limiter modeling

Francesco Grilli, Nicolo' Riva, Bertrand Dutoit, Frédéric Sirois, Bertrand Dutoit

A detailed knowledge of the resistivity of high-temperature superconductors in the overcritical current regime is important to achieve reliable numerical simulations of applications such as superconducting fault current limiters. We have previously shown t ...

2020

Optical fibre sensing for fast hotspot detection in SFCLs

Luc Thévenaz, Zhisheng Yang, Arooj Akbar, Sheng Wang, Bertrand Dutoit, Bertrand Dutoit

The health monitoring of superconducting fault current limiters (SFCL) is important for their large-scale exploitation in HVDC grids protection. The intrinsic non-homogeneity of critical current along the superconductor length can cause localized points of ...

2020

Overcritical Current Resistivity of YBCO-Coated Conductors Through Combination of PCM and Finite-Element Analysis

Francesco Grilli, Nicolo' Riva, Bertrand Dutoit, Bertrand Dutoit

Understanding the electro-thermal behavior of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) materials is a critical aspect for designing efficient and reliable applications. In order to optimize cost and performance, one needs to understand the role played by the ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2019