VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable
High-temperature superconductors (HTS) promise to revolutionize high-power applications like wind generators, DC power cables, particle accelerators, and fusion energy devices. A practical HTS cable must not degrade under severe mechanical, electrical, and thermal conditions; have simple, low-resist...
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| author | Hartwig, Zachary Seth Vieira, Rui F Sorbom, Brandon N Badcock, Rodney A Bajko, Marta Beck, William K. Castaldo, Bernardo Craighill, Christopher L Davies, Michael Estrada, Jose Fry, Vincent Golfinopoulos, Theodore Hubbard, Amanda E Irby, James Henderson Kuznetsov, Sergey Lammi, Christopher J Michael, Philip C Mouratidis, Theodore Murray, Richard A. Pfeiffer, Andrew T. Pierson, Samuel Z Radovinsky, Alexey Rowell, Michael D Salazar, Erica E Segal, Michael Stahle, Peter W Takayasu, Makoto Toland, Thomas L Zhou, Lihua |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center |
| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center Hartwig, Zachary Seth Vieira, Rui F Sorbom, Brandon N Badcock, Rodney A Bajko, Marta Beck, William K. Castaldo, Bernardo Craighill, Christopher L Davies, Michael Estrada, Jose Fry, Vincent Golfinopoulos, Theodore Hubbard, Amanda E Irby, James Henderson Kuznetsov, Sergey Lammi, Christopher J Michael, Philip C Mouratidis, Theodore Murray, Richard A. Pfeiffer, Andrew T. Pierson, Samuel Z Radovinsky, Alexey Rowell, Michael D Salazar, Erica E Segal, Michael Stahle, Peter W Takayasu, Makoto Toland, Thomas L Zhou, Lihua |
| author_sort | Hartwig, Zachary Seth |
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| description | High-temperature superconductors (HTS) promise to revolutionize high-power applications like wind generators, DC power cables, particle accelerators, and fusion energy devices. A practical HTS cable must not degrade under severe mechanical, electrical, and thermal conditions; have simple, low-resistance, and manufacturable electrical joints; high thermal stability; and rapid detection of thermal runaway quench events. We have designed and experimentally qualified a vacuum pressure impregnated, insulated, partially transposed, extruded, and roll-formed (VIPER) cable that simultaneously satisfies all of these requirements for the first time. VIPER cable critical currents are stable over thousands of mechanical cycles at extreme electromechanical force levels, multiple cryogenic thermal cycles, and dozens of quench-like transient events. Electrical joints between VIPER cables are simple, robust, and demountable. Two independent, integrated fiber-optic quench detectors outperform standard quench detection approaches. VIPER cable represents a key milestone in next-step energy generation and transmission technologies and in the maturity of HTS as a technology. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1331342022-09-26T15:13:39Z VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable Hartwig, Zachary Seth Vieira, Rui F Sorbom, Brandon N Badcock, Rodney A Bajko, Marta Beck, William K. Castaldo, Bernardo Craighill, Christopher L Davies, Michael Estrada, Jose Fry, Vincent Golfinopoulos, Theodore Hubbard, Amanda E Irby, James Henderson Kuznetsov, Sergey Lammi, Christopher J Michael, Philip C Mouratidis, Theodore Murray, Richard A. Pfeiffer, Andrew T. Pierson, Samuel Z Radovinsky, Alexey Rowell, Michael D Salazar, Erica E Segal, Michael Stahle, Peter W Takayasu, Makoto Toland, Thomas L Zhou, Lihua Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Plasma Science and Fusion Center High-temperature superconductors (HTS) promise to revolutionize high-power applications like wind generators, DC power cables, particle accelerators, and fusion energy devices. A practical HTS cable must not degrade under severe mechanical, electrical, and thermal conditions; have simple, low-resistance, and manufacturable electrical joints; high thermal stability; and rapid detection of thermal runaway quench events. We have designed and experimentally qualified a vacuum pressure impregnated, insulated, partially transposed, extruded, and roll-formed (VIPER) cable that simultaneously satisfies all of these requirements for the first time. VIPER cable critical currents are stable over thousands of mechanical cycles at extreme electromechanical force levels, multiple cryogenic thermal cycles, and dozens of quench-like transient events. Electrical joints between VIPER cables are simple, robust, and demountable. Two independent, integrated fiber-optic quench detectors outperform standard quench detection approaches. VIPER cable represents a key milestone in next-step energy generation and transmission technologies and in the maturity of HTS as a technology. 2021-10-26T18:51:27Z 2021-10-26T18:51:27Z 2020-10 2020-06 2021-10-26T16:12:27Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1361-6668 0953-2048 https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133134 Hartwig, Zachary S et al. "VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable." Superconductor Science and Technology 33, 11 (October 2020): LT01. en http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6668/abb8c0 Superconductor Science and Technology Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf IOP Publishing Prof. Hartwig |
| spellingShingle | Hartwig, Zachary Seth Vieira, Rui F Sorbom, Brandon N Badcock, Rodney A Bajko, Marta Beck, William K. Castaldo, Bernardo Craighill, Christopher L Davies, Michael Estrada, Jose Fry, Vincent Golfinopoulos, Theodore Hubbard, Amanda E Irby, James Henderson Kuznetsov, Sergey Lammi, Christopher J Michael, Philip C Mouratidis, Theodore Murray, Richard A. Pfeiffer, Andrew T. Pierson, Samuel Z Radovinsky, Alexey Rowell, Michael D Salazar, Erica E Segal, Michael Stahle, Peter W Takayasu, Makoto Toland, Thomas L Zhou, Lihua VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable |
| title | VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable |
| title_full | VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable |
| title_fullStr | VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable |
| title_full_unstemmed | VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable |
| title_short | VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable |
| title_sort | viper an industrially scalable high current high temperature superconductor cable |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/133134 |
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