Paramaribo high temperature superconducting energy storage

Can superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) be used in power sector?

In this paper, an effort is given to review the developments of SC coil and the design of power electronic converters for superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) applied to power sector. Also the required capacities of SMES devices to mitigate the stability of power grid are collected from different simulation studies.

How to increase the energy stored in a SMEs device?

The energy in an SMES is given by (11.5) E magnetic = 1 2 μ 0 ∫ B 2 ⅆ v where the volume integral is performed over all space. Thus, to increase the energy stored in an SMES device, either the magnetic field must be increased or the volume (size) of the device must be increased. 11.1.2. SMES power and energy densities

What is a medium temperature superconductor (MTS)?

As the critical temperature of MgB2 is 20 K (in between HTS, 77–90 K and LTS, 4.2 K) it can be treated as Medium Temperature Superconductor (MTS). After selecting the HTS tape, the arrangement of coil should be selected depending on the rating of the proposed SMES. The most common arrangements of superconducting coil are solenoid and toroid.

Why is high energy storage capacity of SMEs required?

High energy storage capacity of SMES is required for lower initial energy of fuel cell . Two types of energy storage are connected to the WPGS integrated 33 bus system. One is SMES connected at the terminal of WPGS to minimize its output power fluctuation and the other is plug in hybrid electric vehicles used for load leveling purpose.

Which energy storage devices are best for high-power applications?

Devices that hold their energy magnetically such as SMES are high-cost devices and therefore are more appropriate for high-power applications, especially when the requirement is for a short-term ‘boost’. Kinetic energy storage in, for example, flywheels tends to be medium-power systems filling a range up to about 200–300 kW.

Can REBCO superconducting coils push the magnetic field up?

Although, in principle at least, REBCO superconducting coils could be built in which the magnetic field is up to 100 T and, since the magnetic energy stored is a function of the square of the flux density, it is a very attractive prospect to push the magnetic field up from the 10 to 11 T demonstrated so far.