Record current of 4101 A at 19.8 T background field achieved in a high-temperature superconducting cable

A high-temperature superconducting cable was successfully tested in a background field of 19.8 T at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. The CORC cable was wound from 40 superconducting tapes and had an outer diameter of only 7.5 mm. The cable carried a superconducting current of 4101 A at a temperature of 4.2 K in a …

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Winding current of 1950 A at 20 T achieved in layer-wound high-temperature superconducting magnet made from CORC cables

A layer-wound magnet that was constructed from a high-temperature superconducting cable was successfully tested at a temperature of 4.2 K and in a background field of 19.81 T. The CORC cable consisted of 20 superconducting tapes that were wound into 6 layers, forming a cable with an outer diameter of 7 mm. The cable was …

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CORC cable

Advanced Conductor Technologies’ compact, flexible, high-temperature superconducting cable is now called Conductor on Round Core cable (CORC).

Advanced Conductor Technologies awarded DOE Office of Fusion Energy Sciences Phase I STTR

Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC together with researchers from Plasma Science and Fusion Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology are the recipients of a $150,000 Phase I STTR award from the Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences. The company’s second grant titled “REBCO coated conductor cables for fusion magnets” aims at the development of …

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Advanced Conductor Technologies awarded U.S. Air Force Phase I STTR

Advanced Conductor Technologies LLC together with researchers from The Center for Superconducting and Magnetic Materials at Ohio State University have received a $100,000 Phase I STTR award from the Air Force. The grant titled “High-temperature superconducting SMES for airborne applications” is for developing lightweight, airborne, energy storage magnets using ACT’s high-temperature superconducting cables. Technical Abstract …

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In the News: Superconductor Week

As published by Superconductor Week: NIST Researcher Develops Thinner, More Flexible HTS Cable A University of Colorado (CU) researcher working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reportedly developed a method for making HTS cables that are thinner and more flexible than demonstration cables currently used in the electric power grid while …

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First successful cable test at 20 Tesla demonstrates feasibility for high-field magnets

The first test ever of a high-temperature superconducting cable at a magnetic field of 20 T at 4.2 K demonstrates the possibilities of our cable for high-field magnets. The flexible cable was wound into a loop with a 12 cm diameter and inserted in the 20 T Bitter magnet at the National High Magnetic Field …

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In the News: Cold Facts

As published by the Cryogenic Society of America in Cold Facts, Vol 27, No 2: In February 2011, R&D magazine report- ed that Danko van der Laan, a scientist work- ing at NIST, had invented a method of making HTS cables that are thinner and more flexible than ever before. Van der Laan provided Cold …

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2011 R&D 100 award for Compact, High-Energy Density, High-Temperature Superconducting Cable

As published by R&D Magazine: 2011 R&D 100 Awards Announced Wed, 06/22/2011 – 9:23am Paul Livingstone, R&D Magazine Experts, editors pick top high technology innovations of the year ROCKAWAY, N.J. – The editors of R&D Magazine have announced the winners of the 49th Annual R&D 100 Awards, which salute the 100 most technologically significant products …

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First successful test of 10 mm diameter direct current transmission cable at 7550 A

A high-temperature superconducting cable aimed at 5 MW dc-power transmission at 270 V for Department of Defense applications that operate at 55 K has been constructed and successfully tested at 76 K. The flexible cable, which has a outer diameter of only 10 mm, carries a superconducting current of 7550 A during single-phase operation and …

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