Total AC loss measurements in a six strand Roebel cable carrying an AC current in an AC magnetic field

We measured the total AC loss in a 6/2 (i.e. 6 strands of 2 mm width) Roebel cable by incorporating a transport measurement method for Roebel cable into a total AC loss measurement system. The amplitude and frequency of the external magnetic field and applied transport current, and the field angle (the angle between the field and the normal vector to the cable surface) were varied. The results for 60 scale with the perpendicular magnetic field component, and increase with increasing transport current. In the high magnetic field region, the total AC loss values for a current amplitude I Ic agree with the Brandt model for a 2 mm-wide Roebel strand, not for a thin strip with the Roebel cable width. This shows the advantage of a Roebel cable over equivalent stacks composed of wider conductors. The total AC losses in a parallel magnetic field become more independent of the field amplitude with increasing current amplitude due to the increased dominance of the transport AC losses in the total AC losses. No frequency dependence was observed in the total AC loss data. A maximum entropy model was successfully constructed for the total AC loss results in a perpendicular magnetic field. (Some figures may appear in colour only in the online journal)

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