Compound superconducting twisted wire and rewinding method for compound superconducting twisted wire

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12255000-B2
Application number	US-201917280718-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 20, 2019
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

A compound superconducting twisted wire includes compound superconducting strands being twisted to form a twisted structure, in which each of the compound superconducting strands includes a compound superconductor part, a reinforcing part and a stabilizing part. The compound superconductor part includes compound superconducting filaments and a first matrix, the compound superconducting filaments each including a compound superconducting phase. The reinforcing part is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the compound superconductor part and includes reinforcing filaments and a second matrix. The stabilizing part is disposed on at least one side of an inner circumferential side and an outer circumferential side of the reinforcing part. A volume ratio of the reinforcing part relative to the compound superconducting strand is larger than a volume ratio of the compound superconductor part relative to the compound superconducting strand.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A compound superconducting twisted wire comprising a plurality of compound superconducting strands being twisted to form a twisted structure,
wherein each of the compound superconducting strands comprises a core-like compound superconductor part, a cylindrical reinforcing part and a cylindrical stabilizing part,
wherein the core-like compound superconductor part comprises a plurality of compound superconducting filaments and a first matrix, the compound superconducting filaments each comprising a compound superconducting phase, the first matrix comprising the plurality of compound superconducting filaments embedded therein and a first stabilizing material,
wherein the cylindrical reinforcing part is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the compound superconductor part, and comprises a plurality of reinforcing filaments and a second matrix, the second matrix comprising the plurality of reinforcing filaments embedded therein and a second stabilizing material,
wherein the cylindrical stabilizing part is disposed on at least one side of an inner circumferential side and an outer circumferential side of the reinforcing part, and comprises a third stabilizing material, and
wherein a volume ratio of the reinforcing part relative to the compound superconducting strand is larger than a volume ratio of the compound superconductor part relative to the compound superconducting strand.

2. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 1 ,
wherein the volume ratio of the reinforcing part relative to the compound superconducting strand is 40% or more and 65% or less and the volume ratio of the compound superconductor part relative to the compound superconducting strand is 20% or more and 40% or less.

3. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 2 ,
wherein at least one or all of the plurality of compound superconducting strands have a surface scar generated when the compound superconducting strands have been separated from an adhering surface of other compound superconducting strands.

4. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 2 , further comprising an Sn diffusion prevention part between the compound superconductor part and the reinforcing part.

5. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 2 ,
wherein a total of a volume ratio of the second stabilizing material relative to the compound superconducting strand and a volume ratio of the third stabilizing material relative to the compound superconducting strand is 50% or more.

6. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 2 ,
wherein a volume ratio of the reinforcing filament relative to the compound superconducting strand is 11% or more and 15% or less.

7. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 2 ,
wherein the twisted structure has a substantially rectangular cross section shape.

8. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 1 ,
wherein at least one or all of the plurality of compound superconducting strands have a surface scar generated when the compound superconducting strands have been separated from an adhering surface of other compound superconducting strands.

9. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 1 , further comprising an Sn diffusion prevention part between the compound superconductor part and the reinforcing part.

10. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 9 , wherein
the compound superconducting phase comprises Nb3Sn,
the first stabilizing material comprises Cu or a Cu alloy,
the Sn diffusion prevention part comprises Nb or Ta, or an alloy or a composite thereof,
the reinforcing filament comprises at least one metal or an alloy of two or more metals selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, V, W, Mo, Fe, Ti, Ag, and Hf,
the second stabilizing material comprises Cu or a Cu alloy, and
the third stabilizing material comprises Cu or a Cu alloy.

11. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 9 ,
wherein a total of a volume ratio of the reinforcing filament relative to the compound superconducting strand and a volume ratio of the Sn diffusion prevention part relative to the compound superconducting strand is 15% or more.

12. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 1 ,
wherein a total of a volume ratio of the second stabilizing material relative to the compound superconducting strand and a volume ratio of the third stabilizing material relative to the compound superconducting strand is 50% or more.

13. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 1 ,
wherein a volume ratio of the reinforcing filament relative to the compound superconducting strand is 11% or more and 15% or less.

14. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 1 ,
wherein the twisted structure has a substantially rectangular cross section shape.

15. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 14 , further comprising a metal tape for preventing thermal fusion between the compound superconducting strands,
wherein the metal tape is disposed between the compound superconducting strands constituting the compound superconducting twisted wire.

16. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 15 ,
wherein the twisted structure has a cross section compression ratio of 5% or more and 20% or less.

17. The compound superconducting twisted wire according to claim 14 ,
wherein the twisted structure has a cross section compression ratio of 5% or more and 20% or less.

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
• Univ Tohoku
• Tokai Univ Educational System

Inventors

• Sugimoto Masahiro
• Tsubouchi Hirokazu
• Asami Daisuke
• Ii Hideki
• Awaji Satoshi
• Oguro Hidetoshi

Classifications

• H01B12/02

  characterised by their form · CPC title

• H01B12/10 Primary

  Multi-filaments embedded in normal conductors · CPC title

• H01F6/06

  Coils, e.g. winding, insulating, terminating or casing arrangements therefor · CPC title

• C22C9/02

  with tin as the next major constituent · CPC title

• C22C9/00

  Alloys based on copper · CPC title