The medium temperature superconductor (MTS) design philosophy

Author

Schultz, Joel H.

Author_Institution

M.I.T. Plasma Sci. & Fusion Center, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

2003

fDate

6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1604

Lastpage

1607

Abstract

This paper proposes basic principles for large-scale application design in the range 10-35 K, called medium temperature superconductor (MTS) design. Three separate categories of MTS design are analyzed, using LTS (e.g., A15), true MTS (e.g., MgB₂), and high-temperature superconductor (HTS) (e.g., BSSCO, YBCO) superconductors. Performance and limitations of each approach are quantified for critical current, stability and protection limits. The assumption that future applications will be dominated by high-temperature superconductors is challenged, arguing that MTS should be the preferred method for many energy, fusion, and high energy physics applications.

Keywords

critical current density (superconductivity); protection; stability; superconducting materials; 10 to 35 K; MgB₂; critical current; large-scale application design; medium temperature superconductor design; protection limits; stability; Conducting materials; Critical current; High temperature superconductors; Large-scale systems; Plasma temperature; Superconducting logic circuits; Superconducting magnets; Superconducting materials; Temperature distribution; Yttrium barium copper oxide;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2003.812803

Filename

1211909