Application of cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) to maglev magnet systems. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5764522
The report summarizes the evaluation of Cable-in-Conduit Conductor (CICC) as an option for MAGLEV levitation coils. Superconducting magnets are cooled by: (1) immersion in a liquid helium bath at near saturation conditions; (2) conduction cooling of an epoxy-impregnated coil; or (3) use of CICC in which single-phase supercritical helium cooling becomes an intrinsic part of the conductor design with helium contained in the conductor sheath. Major problems with options 1 and 2 are mitigated by use of option 3. Many levitation coil geometries were reviewed and the racetrack coil shape selected for the levitation coil system design task.
- Research Organization:
- Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States). Plasma Fusion Center
- OSTI ID:
- 5764522
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-154805/XAB; PFC/RR--92-12; CNN: DTFR53-91-C-00042
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETS
ELEMENTS
EPOXIDES
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FLUIDS
GASES
HELIUM
LEVITATED TRAINS
LEVITATION
MAGNETS
NIOBIUM ALLOYS
NONMETALS
OPTIMIZATION
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RARE GASES
SUPERCONDUCTING COILS
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
TRAINS
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
VEHICLES