Effect of void maldistribution on the cryogenic recovery capability of multifilamentary and cabled superconductors

Comprehensive cryogenic stability analyses of the superconductors which are cooled by forced flow single phase liquid helium have been carried out. In these analyses the cryogenic recovery capability of a conductor design was analyzed to determine from what initially imposed normal state temperature the conductor can recover its superconductivity as a function of the available cooling capacity, after the occurrence of an event in which a given amount of heat is deposited suddenly to the conductor, driving the superconductor to a normal state