Experimental Investigation on 100 A-Class PCL for DC HTS Devices

Optimization of Kiloampere Peltier Current Lead Using Orthogonal Experimental Design Method

“…If change these optimal dimension parameters to the optimal ratio of L/A, there still exists a wide variety in the ratios of (L/A) p and (L/A) c . That is also consistent with previous studies [28,[31][32][33], in which the optimal ratios of L/A were in a wide range. Hence, the problem of optimization of the PCLs is a multisolution problem.…”

“…Based on these settings, the optimal values of 120 A PCLs for L 2 and L 3 are increased with the increase in the radius of copper leads r 1 . In addition, the lowest heat leakage for three optimization cases is about 30.0 W/kA, which is in good agreement with previous works [28,[31][32][33]. This indicates the method used in this work is reliable.…”

“…In this paper, the finite element method is used to analyze the heat transfer in PCLs. A two-dimensional asymmetrical thermoelectricity-coupled model is established by COMSOL 5.3 [34] with the temperature characteristics of material parameters reported in [28,[31][32][33]. Thermal (electric) contact resistance and thermal radiation are ignored.…”

“…For the chosen five optimized dimensional parameters, our orthogonal experiment considers their minimum and maximum values, as shown in Table 1. The principle for data selection is based on the previous literature [28,[31][32][33] and our simulation experience. As there are five parameters, adding the ten parameters that describe the coupling effect between them, we design an L 16 (2 15 ) orthogonal experimental table to achieve our goal.…”

“…Later, Jeong limited the thermoelectric parameter independent of temperature to the Seebeck coefficient and obtained a more accurate analytical solution [27]. On this basis, some groups have further considered the influence of the cooling mode [28,29], the thermoelectric performance [30], the structure, and the higher current capacity of PCLs on the heat leakage [31][32][33].…”