The processing and properties of bulk (RE) BCO high temperature superconductors: current status and future perspectives

DK Namburi, Y Shi, DA Cardwell - Superconductor Science and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Bulk (RE)-Ba-Cu-O [(RE) BCO] cuprate HTS have been developed steadily towards
a wide range of sustainable engineering and technological applications since their …

Development and performance of a 2.9 Tesla dipole magnet using high-temperature superconducting CORC® wires

X Wang, D Abraimov, D Arbelaez… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Although the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) REBa 2 Cu 3 O x (REBCO, RE–rare
earth elements) material has a strong potential to enable dipole magnetic fields above 20 T …

Superconducting flux pumps

TA Coombs - Journal of Applied Physics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a perspective on flux pumps. Flux pumps are a means of providing
current to a coil or a magnet without direct electrical or physical contact. Typically, a coil …

Unlocking maintenance—architecting STEP for maintenance and realizing remountable magnet joints

A van Arkel, C Lamb, H Robinson… - Philosophical …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The architecture of the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production (STEP) has been
developed to enable a hybrid maintenance approach using ports in the vacuum vessel for a …

How resistive must grain boundaries in polycrystalline superconductors be, to limit Jc?

G Wang, MJ Raine, DP Hampshire - … Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Although we can use misorientation angle to distinguish the grain boundaries that can carry
high critical current density $({J} _ {{\rm {c}}}) $ in high temperature superconductors (HTS) …

Dipole magnets above 20 tesla: Research needs for a path via high-temperature superconducting REBCO conductors

X Wang, SA Gourlay, SO Prestemon - Instruments, 2019 - mdpi.com
To enable the physics research that continues to deepen our understanding of the Universe,
future circular colliders will require a critical and unique instrument—magnets that can …

Performance characteristics of REBCO coated conductor joints fabricated by flux-free hybrid welding

AR Nisay, HS Shin - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, the joining of rare-earth barium copper oxide coated conductor (CC) tapes using
ultrasonic welding (UW) has demonstrated outstanding potential in the in-line fabrication of …

Mechanism for the uniaxial strain dependence of the critical current in practical REBCO tapes

K Osamura, S Machiya… - … Science and Technology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to elucidate the effect of uniaxial strain on the critical current of practical REBCO
tapes (REBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− d, RE= Y and Gd) fabricated by Superpower and SuNAM, two …

Performance of low-loss demountable joints between CORC® cable-in-conduit-conductors at magnetic fields up to 8 T developed for fusion magnets

JD Weiss, DC Van Der Laan, K Radcliff… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
High-temperature superconductors (HTS) are promising candidates for use in the high-field
magnets needed in particle accelerators and fusion reactors. HTS conductor on round core …

In-field electrical resistance at 4.2 K of REBCO splices

J Fleiter, A Ballarino - IEEE Transactions on Applied …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low resistance electrical splices between rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) coated
conductors are key technology for high temperature superconductor magnets. A splice must …