低温工学
Online ISSN : 1880-0408
Print ISSN : 0389-2441
ISSN-L : 0389-2441
45 巻, 8 号
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  • ―超伝導線から超伝導送電ケーブルまで―
    雨宮 尚之
    2010 年 45 巻 8 号 p. 376-386
    発行日: 2010年
    公開日: 2010/09/15
    ジャーナル フリー
    The AC loss characteristics of high Tc superconductors are reviewed. AC losses are organized according to their generating mechanism and the magnetic field components generating them. Useful analytical formulae of hysteresis losses are presented for the superconductor slab exposed to a parallel magnetic field, for the thin strip exposed to a transverse magnetic field, and for the strip and ellipse carrying transport currents. Experimental and numerical methods for evaluating AC loss are reviewed, and these methods are applied to quantify AC losses in some practical superconductors. The AC loss characteristics of single-coated conductors are shown together with the reduction of their AC losses through striation. The AC loss characteristics of mono-layer as well as multi-layer superconducting power transmission cables are explained, and reduction of their AC losses by means of using narrower coated conductors is discussed.
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  • ―Nb3Sn、V3Ga以外のA15型化合物線材―
    太刀川 恭治
    2010 年 45 巻 8 号 p. 387-398
    発行日: 2010年
    公開日: 2010/09/15
    ジャーナル フリー
    In this article A15 compound wires other than Nb3Ga and V3Ga are described. Nb3Al has better high-field performance and strain tolerance than those of Nb3Sn. However, in the diffusion between Nb and Al, compounds richer in Al are predominantly formed. Moreover stoichiometric Nb3Al is present at quite a high temperature approximately 2,000ºC. The rapid quenching from a high temperature produces the bcc phase supersaturated with Al, which can be transformed to nearly stoichiometric Nb3Al by subsequent annealing. The liquid quenching process is successful to obtain high performance in Nb3Al, Nb3(Al, Si) and Nb3(Al, Ge) through this route. Then a continuous Joule heating and quenching process has been developed, which produces long-length Nb3Al wires with good homogeneity. A 19.5 T test magnet has been constructed by using the resulting wire. Moreover, high-field accelerator magnets are being developed using this wire. The continuously Joule heated and quenched Nb3Ga wire shows an upper critical field of ~32 T at 4.2 K. Nb3Ge exhibits the highest Tc among A15 compounds studied so far. Long length Nb3Ge tapes with high Jc have been fabricated through the continuous CVD process. Multifilamentary V3Si wires have been fabricated by the bronze process, adjusting the overall V / Si molar ratio in the wire. The Tc and especially Bc2 of the bronze-processed V3Ge wire are significantly enhanced by the addition of Al to the V core. Nb3Al wires are now available for practical use in addition to V3Ga and Nb3Sn. Nb3Ga, Nb3Ge and V3Si compounds may keep high potential for future applications.
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