Transient characteristic analysis of an HTS DC power cable using a multi-terminal based test-bed

The current capacity of a power supply limits the experimental environment of higher capacity HTS power cable. Consequently, the transient characteristic analysis of an HTS DC power cable is difficult to assess. In this paper, a multi-terminal based test-bed is used to overcome those power supply capacity limitations. A 1 kA class HTS DC power cable was designed and the transient characteristics of the HTS DC power cable were analyzed using the multi-terminal based test-bed. Transient characteristics, such as resistance variation and critical current of the 1 kA class HTS DC power cable were successfully measured using small power sources in the multi-terminal based test-bed. Definitely, the suggested test system overcomes the assessment limits of the HTS power cable's current capacity.