Fabrication and Performance test of HTS current lead part of 3MJ SMES

3MJ급 SMES용 HTS 전류리드부의 제작 및 성능평가

A 3MJ class SMES was fabricated last year. And 1000A class current part for the SMES also was designed, fabricated and tested. The current lead was made of metal part(brass) and HTS lead Part. The lead is located in vacuum vessel and cooled down to belows the HTS lead's operating temperature. We made three types of current lead part and tested their performance. In this paper, the basic and conceptual type of current lead will be introduced. The lead was expected to have 1000A current capacity. But the test results was only 480A. After this test, based on the results we revised the shape of the lead and improved the connectivity between cryocooler and lead. In this paper, the design procedure and the results of performance test will be introduced.