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com/2010/10/06/superconducting-wire-powering-up-korean-smart-grid/

If a high critical temperature

superconductor is developed that has a
critical temperature that is higher than
HBCCO (133 K), more practical
applications will become feasible

Electrical power transmission through

superconducting materials and wire
o Low power loss
o Low voltage required for high current
o Utilizes less physical space

Computer signal transmission

o Low resistivity allows for computing
speed to increase greatly

Figure 21.1,2: Power lines

demonstrating the great
reduction of space needed by
utilizing superconducting wire
rather than standard cables.
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Figure 22.1: Example of a superconducting cable. The liquid nitrogen coolant is part of
the cable in order to keep the superconductor wire below the critical temperature.
These cables can greatly reduce the physical space needed in our electrical
infrastructure.
Callister, W.D. 2012, 776-779.
Flukiger, R. Rev. Accel. Sci. Tech. 2012, 5, 1-23.
 Some applications are used today:
o Magnetic Resonance Imaging
o Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Spectroscopy

Future applications can benefit from

interesting magnetic properties displayed
by superconductors

Particle Accelerators
http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/educatio
Figure 23.1,2 (top/middle): MRI n/tutorials/magnetacademy/mri/fullart
Magnetic Levitation scanners currently utilize icle.html
o High-Speed Magnetic Levitation superconductors.
Trains for mass transport Figure 23.3 (bottom): Mag-Lev
train demonstrating the potential
o By utilizing levitation, friction between
of using superconductors in
the train and the track is eliminated mass-transport.
o This can allow trains to increase their
speed dramatically

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