Processing and application of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors

JL MacManus-Driscoll, SC Wimbush - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Coated conductors formed from the high-temperature superconducting (HTS) material
REBCO (REBa2Cu3O7− δ) enable energy-efficient and high-power-density delivery of …

[HTML][HTML] Low-temperature superconductors: Nb3Sn, Nb3Al, and NbTi

N Banno - Superconductivity, 2023 - Elsevier
Low-temperature superconducting (LTS) wires are of significant importance in high-field
magnet applications. Current developments of the LTS wires are attributed to many studies …

VIPER: an industrially scalable high-current high-temperature superconductor cable

ZS Hartwig, RF Vieira, BN Sorbom… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
High-temperature superconductors (HTS) promise to revolutionize high-power applications
like wind generators, DC power cables, particle accelerators, and fusion energy devices. A …

Superconductors for fusion: a roadmap

N Mitchell, J Zheng, C Vorpahl, V Corato… - Superconductor …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
With the first tokamak designed for full nuclear operation now well into final assembly (ITER),
and a major new research tokamak starting commissioning (JT60SA), nuclear fusion is …

[HTML][HTML] The DEMO magnet system–Status and future challenges

V Corato, C Vorpahl, K Sedlak, VA Anvar… - Fusion engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present the pre-concept design of the European DEMO Magnet System, which has
successfully passed the DEMO plant-level gate review in 2020. The main design input …

Targets for R&D on Nb3Sn Conductor for High Energy Physics

A Ballarino, L Bottura - IEEE Transactions on applied …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High Energy Physics has been consistently pushing the performance of technical
superconductors, for the benefit of high field magnet technology. So far the workhorse for …

Cable-in-conduit conductors: lessons from the recent past for future developments with low and high temperature superconductors

L Muzzi, G De Marzi, A Di Zenobio… - Superconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We review progress in the design of high field superconducting cable-in-conduit conductors
(CICCs) for fusion applications, with special attention to the results of recent key …

Enhanced cryogenic tensile properties through cryogenic cyclic plastic strengthening in a metastable austenitic stainless steel

Z Wang, S Shi, J Yu, B Li, Y Li, X Chen - Scripta Materialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Pre-strain with large deformation is an effective method to improve the yield ratio of
metastable austenitic stainless steel, but it will lead to a significant reduction in elongation …

Test of 60 kA coated conductor cable prototypes for fusion magnets

D Uglietti, N Bykovsky, K Sedlak… - Superconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Coated conductors could be promising materials for the fabrication of the large magnet
systems of future fusion devices. Two prototype conductors (flat cables in steel conduits) …

The use of Nb3Sn in fusion: lessons learned from the ITER production including options for management of performance degradation

N Mitchell, M Breschi, V Tronza - Superconductor Science and …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The overall 30 year Nb 3 Sn conductor program for ITER provides an unusual
opportunity to look at the issues created by the application of novel Nb 3 Sn technology on a …