712 institute of high temperature superconducting energy storage system

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.

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.

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.