Christoph Bayer

Information

Institute: ITEP
Email: kit#at#christophbayer.com

PhD thesis

Characterization of High Temperature Superconductor Cables for Magnet Toroidal Field Coils of the DEMO Fusion Power Plant

Publications

• Zani, L., Bayer, C. M., Biancolini, M. E., Bonifetto, R., Bruzzone, P., Brutti, C., Ciazynski, D., Coleman, M., Duran, I., Eisterer, M., Fietz, W. H., Gade, P. V., Gaio, E., Giorgetti, F., Goldacker, W., Gmry, F., Granados, X., Heller, R., Hertout, P., Hoa, C., Kario, A., Lacroix, B., Lewandowska, M., Maistrello, A., Muzzi, L., Nijhuis, A., Nunio, F., Panin, A., Petrisor, T., Poncet, J. M., Prokopec, R., Cardona, M. S., Savoldi, L., Schlachter, S. I., Sedlak, K., Stepanov, B., Tiseanu, I., Torre, A., Turt, S., Vallcorba, R., Vojenciak, M., Weiss, K. P., Wesche, R., Yagotintsev, K., and Zanino, R. Overview of progress on the eu demo reactor magnet system design. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 26, 4 (June 2016), 1-5, doi:10.1109/TASC.2016.2536755.
  
  
• Wolf, M. J., Bayer, C. M., Fietz, W. H., Heller, R., Schlachter, S. I., and Weiss, K. P. Toward a high-current conductor made of hts crossconductor strands. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 26, 4 (June 2016), 1-4, doi:10.1109/TASC.2016.2525734.
  
  
• Wolf, M. J., Fietz, W. H., Bayer, C. M., Schlachter, S. I., Heller, R., and Weiss, K. P. Hts croco: A stacked hts conductor optimized for high currents and long-length production. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 26, 2 (March 2016), 19-24, doi:10.1109/TASC.2016.2521323.
  
  
• Bayer, C. M., Gade, P. V., Barth, C., Preu, A., Jung, A., and Wei, K. P. Mechanical reinforcement for racc cables in high magnetic background fields. Superconductor Science and Technology 29, 2 (2016), 025007, doi:10.1088/0953-2048/29/2/025007.
  
  
• Gade, P., Bayer, C., Fietz, W., Heller, R., and Weiss, K. Electromagnetic and mechanical analysis of a toroidal field coil winding pack for EU DEMO. Fusion Engineering and Design 9899 (2015), 1068-1071. Proceedings of the 28th Symposium On Fusion Technology (SOFT-28), doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2015.06.165.
  
  
• Augieri, A., Marzi, G. D., Celentano, G., Muzzi, L., Tomassetti, G., Rizzo, F., Anemona, A., Bragagni, A., Seri, M., Bayer, C., Bagrets, N., and della Corte, A. Electrical characterization of enea high temperature superconducting cable. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 25, 3 (June 2015), 1-4, doi:10.1109/TASC.2014.2364391.
  
  
• Barth, C., van der Laan, D. C., Bagrets, N., Bayer, C. M., Weiss, K.-P., and Lange, C. Temperature- and field-dependent characterization of a conductor on round core cable. Superconductor Science and Technology 28, 6 (2015), 065007, doi:10.1088/0953-2048/28/6/065007.
  
  
• Barth, C., Takayasu, M., Bagrets, N., Bayer, C. M., Weiss, K.-P., and Lange, C. Temperature-and field dependent characterization of a twisted stacked-tape cable. Superconductor Science and Technology 28, 4 (2015), 045015, doi:10.1088/0953-2048/28/4/045015.
  
  
• Gade, P. V., Barth, C., Bayer, C., Fietz, W. H., Franza, F., Heller, R., Hesch, K., and Weiss, K. P. Conceptual design of a toroidal field coil for a fusion power plant using high temperature superconductors. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 24, 3 (June 2014), 1-5, doi:10.1109/TASC.2014.2299828.
  
  
• Bayer, C., Barth, C., Gade, P. V., Weiss, K. P., and Heller, R. FBI measurement facility for high temperature superconducting cable designs. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 24, 3 (June 2014), 1-4, doi:10.1109/TASC.2013.2287710.
  
  
• Barth, C., Bagrets, N., Weiss, K.-P., Bayer, C. M., and Bast, T. Degradation free epoxy impregnation of rebco coils and cables. Superconductor Science and Technology 26, 5 (2013), 055007, doi:10.1088/0953-2048/26/5/055007.
  
  

Conferences and Workshops

2014

• Mechanical stabilisation for Roebel Assembled Coated Conductor (RACC) Cables
  Applied Superconductivity Conference, Charlotte, USA, poster presentation
• FBI Tests on Roebel Assembled Coated Conductor (RACC) Cables
  Euro Fusion Status Meeting, Munich, Germany, oral contribution
• High Temperature Superconductors for DEMO Reactor
  Helmholtz Association, Greifswald, Germany, poster presentation
• Measurements of High Current HTS Cables in the FBI Facility
  HTS for Fusion, Villigen, Switzerland, oral contribution

2013

• FBI - Measurement Facility for High Temperature Superconducting Cable Designs
  Conference on Magnet Technology, Boston, USA, poster presentation
• Participation at CERN Accelerator School, Erice, Italy
• Low Resistive Soldering Joints for HTS Tapes
  Mechanical and Electromagnetic Effects, Aix-en-Provence, France, oral contribution
• Participation at CEC-ICMC
  Cryogenic Engineering Conference and International Cryogenic Materials Conference, Anchorage, USA

2012

• High Temperature Super Conducting Current Leads
  Deutsche Kälte-Klimatagung, Würzburg, Germany, oral contribution
• Measuring the Critical Current of HTS-Tapes at 4.2 K, using a Cryo-Cooled System
  Applied Superconductor Conference, Portland, USA, poster presentation

Supervised Graduate Students

• Electromechanical Test Facility for the Study of Superconductors at Cryogenic Temperatures within a Magnetic Field
  David Schneider, Master student


• Untersuchungen zu Lötkontakten an REBCO-Bandleitern und Roebel Assembled Coated COnductors (RACC)
  Alan Preuß, Master student