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Delamination Avoidance in Epoxy Wet-Wound REBCO Coils by Release Agent Coating
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 34(3):1-5 May, 2024
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Coils
Delamination
Stress
Testing
Superconducting magnets
Surface treatment
Magnetomechanical effects
epoxy impregnation
mold release agent
REBCO coated conductor
superconducting coil
Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
Currently, the REBCO coated conductors are playing more important roles in various superconducting applications, such as high-field magnets, compact fusion tokamaks, etc. But the delamination issue of epoxy-impregnated REBCO coils still challenges the reliability of REBCO applications. In this work, a novel delamination avoidance method that coating a release agent layer on the REBCO tape surface was introduced. The release agent layer could decouple the REBCO tapes and cured epoxy resin to prevent delamination and degradation. The delamination strengths $\sigma _\mathrm{{d}}$ of REBCO tapes at 77 K were measured by anvil testing method. Then the interface bonding strengths $\sigma _\mathrm{{b}}$ between REBCO tapes and Stycast 2850FT epoxy at room temperature were also measured. Finally in the controlled experiment the epoxy wet-wound REBCO coil wound by the raw REBCO tapes without paraffin layers degraded significantly after cooling, while the one wound by the tapes with paraffin layers preserved well even after ten thermal cycles. The result indicated the effectiveness of this delamination avoidance method.