Summary
This review synthesises research on high temperature superconducting materials and their application to large-scale magnets, with particular focus on coated conductor tapes as the most commercially promising option. The authors examine HTS cables and conductors across multiple engineering domains, discuss industrial production scaling based on historical low temperature superconductor development, and identify underexploited design opportunities related to HTS material properties. The work concludes that rectangular wires and tapes, despite anisotropic characteristics, offer advantages for manufacturing magnets and cables of variable scale.
Key measures
Critical strength of HTS materials; magnetic field generation capacity; current density; mechanical stability margins; material pricing; piece length; delamination resistance
Outcomes reported
This review examines research and development of high temperature superconducting (HTS) cables and conductors for applications in high field tokamaks, accelerator dipoles, and large solenoids. It evaluates commercially available HTS wires and tapes, their limitations, pricing, industrial production considerations, and proposed cable designs.
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