SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES

摘要

Venkat Selvamanickam, director of the Applied Research Hub and the MD Anderson chair professor of the department of mechanical engineering, University of Houston, is developing a technology with high temperature superconducting wires that could revolutionize the way power is generated, transported and used. Almost anything in the power grid can be more efficient by using high temperature superconducting wires. Superconducting power cables can transmit up to 10 times more power than traditional copper cables without the significant losses of traditional cables and are considered environmentally friendly. High temperature superconductivity defines certain materials like metals and ceramics that lose electrical resistance when cooled by liquid nitrogen, a major development in the price point for superconductivity for wide commercial use.