Prospects for HTS applications

High temperature superconductor (HTS) wire is rapidly maturing into a working material being produced in ever larger quantities and being used in more significant demonstrations and prototypes. Conductor is now produced routinely in several hundred meter lengths with reproducible results. Current de...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on magnetics 1996-07, Vol.32 (4), p.2714-2719
Main Authors: Gamble, B.B., Snitchier, G.L., Schwall, R.E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Conducting materials
Current density
Drives
High temperature superconductors
Homopolar machines
Prototypes
Samarium
Superconducting magnetic energy storage
Superconducting materials
Wire
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Summary:High temperature superconductor (HTS) wire is rapidly maturing into a working material being produced in ever larger quantities and being used in more significant demonstrations and prototypes. Conductor is now produced routinely in several hundred meter lengths with reproducible results. Current density has progressed to a level suitable for demonstration of many applications. Wire strength has improved and large prototypes fabricated or under consideration using HTS include Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES), rotating electrical machines including synchronous ac and dc homopolar motors and drives, generators and condensers, underground transmission cables, utility distribution equipment such as transformers and current limiters, commercial processing applications such as magnetic separation, and specialty magnets such as high field inserts. In this paper the requirements, progress toward these requirements, and the prospects for the future are reviewed.
ISSN:0018-9464
1941-0069
DOI:10.1109/20.511435