High-Availability Cryogenic Plant Architecture for Superconducting Power Systems
yan PENNEC 1 (presenting author), Guillaume DELAUTRE 1
1 air liquide, , France
Modern electrical grids, data centers, and fusion reactors are increasingly looking to integrate High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) cables for high-power transmission. For these critical industries, utility-grade availability exceeding 99.9% is paramount. To meet this requirement, a novel redundancy architecture has been developed. We present a thermal management system designed for High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) power transmission cables and other critical cryogenic applications requiring utility-grade availability. The design objectives take into account the constraints of footprint and capital efficiency while meeting stringent uptime targets. Preliminary Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability (RAM) analysis demonstrates that this configuration provides a power scalable solution capable of meeting high-availability requirements compared to traditional fully redundant active refrigeration plants." This proposal examines current applications for improving grid stability in dense urban centers and establishing single-point connections for large offshore wind farms.
Keywords
Power Superconducting Cable|Cryogenic Plant|Availability|Sub Cooled LN2|Turbo-Brayton