Comparative calculations of trapped field and trapped magnetic flux with different multi-pulse magnetization methods for a bulk high-temperature superconductor

Abstract Bulk high-temperature superconductors (HTSs) can trap high magnetic field and are potentially useful for a variety of applications as pseudo-permanent magnets. The pulsed field magnetization (PFM) for bulk HTSs is cost effective and flexible in application compared with quasi-static field cooling and zero field cooling techniques. Many PFM methods have been proposed in many studies to achieve the excellent magnetization performances such as high trapped field and large trapped magnetic flux. In order to clarify the magnetization characteristics of bulk HTSs using different typical PFM methods, we comparatively analyze several typical PFM methods using a simulation model based on the H-formulation combining the thermal conductivity equation. The electromagnetic and thermal behaviors during the magnetization of a bulk HTS with different PFM methods are numerically achieved using the solenoid-type coil to magnetize the bulk. The calculations show that multi-pulse magnetization methods can effectively enhance the trapped field and trapped magnetic flux of the bulk, and different multi-pulse magnetization methods have different efficiencies enhancing these performances. Among all considered PFM methods in the study, the combination method of modified multi-pulse technique with step-wise cooling and iteratively magnetizing pulsed-field method with reducing amplitude has the largest improvement for the trapped magnetic field and the trapped flux simultaneously.