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Title: Cabling method of superconducting flat wires

Abstract

A structure and method provide cables of high-temperature superconducting flat tape and/or filament wires, with a small bending diameter. A cable has a former having cross section that includes a rectangle having rounded ends (i.e. an obround), and the flat tape is wound around the surface of the former at an angle to minimize bending. The former surface may have raised helical ribs or lowered grooves to provide tape registration in multi-layer configurations. Tape may be wound from a spool onto the former under tension, and cut with a laser cutter to produce fine filaments immediately before winding. The former may be slit longitudinally to prevent loop eddy currents and reduce AC losses. The wound cable may be jacketed to provide a cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC), and coolant channels may be provided in the jacket or in the former.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Brookhaven Technology Group, Inc., Glen Cove, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
2293707
Patent Number(s):
11783968
Application Number:
17/245,863
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA); Brookhaven Technology Group, Inc. (Glen Cove, NY)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01B - CABLES
Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
DOE Contract Number:  
FC02-93ER54186; SC0018737
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 04/30/2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Takayasu, Makoto, and Solovyov, Vyacheslav. Cabling method of superconducting flat wires. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Takayasu, Makoto, & Solovyov, Vyacheslav. Cabling method of superconducting flat wires. United States.
Takayasu, Makoto, and Solovyov, Vyacheslav. Tue . "Cabling method of superconducting flat wires". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2293707.
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