HIGH-CURRENT, COMPACT FLEXIBLE CONDUCTORS CONTAINING HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING TAPES

摘要

High-current, compact, flexible conductors containing high temperature su perconducting (HTS) tapes and methods for making the same are described. The HTS tapes are arranged into a stack, a plurality of stacks are arranged to form a superstructure, and the superstructure is twisted about the cable axi s to obtain a HTS cable. The HTS cables of the invention can be utilized in numerous applications such as cables employed to generate magnetic fields fo r degaussing and high current electric power transmission or distribution ap plications.