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Electrical conductor made up of individual superconducting conductors

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OSTI ID:5319816
An electrical conductor is described which is particularly useful in the transmission of three-phase current. An inner conductor is made up of a plurality of individual super-conducting conductors arranged in several layers. An outer conductor is made up of a plurality of individual superconducting conductors, surrounding the inner conductor concentrically and spaced from it. The individual conductors of the inner conductor are of an elliptical cross section with their major axes perpendicular to radials of the inner conductor resulting in a conductor having ac losses which are relatively small.
Assignee:
Siemens AG
Patent Number(s):
US 3876823
OSTI ID:
5319816
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English