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A fibre optic and machine learning based health monitoring system for superconducting power applications in modern supergrids

The concerns for climate change and the transition to renewables is increasing the relevance of superconducting applications: High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) cables for efficient power transmission, superconducting magnets for nuclear fusion, superco ...

EPFL2022

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

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

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

Hotspot monitoring system for superconducting device

Zhisheng Yang, Arooj Akbar

Hotspot monitoring system for superconducting devices including: - a superconductor; - a first optical waveguide attached to the superconductor for providing a first optical signal; - a second optical waveguide for providing a reference signal; and - inter ...

2021

Optimization Method for Extracting Stabilizer Geometry and Properties of REBCO Tapes

Nicolo' Riva, Arooj Akbar, Bertrand Dutoit

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

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2021

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