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High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) are one of the most promising applications of HTSs as they offer a means of charging magnetic loads without the need for physical current leads. Flux pumps have been generally built using Low Temperature Superconductors (LTSs), although their implementation using HTSs has been the subject of recent research interest owing to their lower cryogenic requirement. Despite their promise, research is still being done to better understand their operating behavior to facilitate further design optimizations. This work proposes a novel simulation method of HTS Transformer-Rectifier flux pumps using HTS dynamic voltage switches with varying arrangements that better matches the observed properties of the device. The proposed simulations are compared with the simulation methods that are currently used to show their benefit.
