Compound superconducting wire and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9711262-B2
Application number	US-201414510973-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2014
Priority date	Apr 12, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A compound superconducting wire 10 includes a reinforcement portion 12 and a compound superconductor 11 . In the reinforcement portion 12 , an assembly of plural reinforcement elements 4 are disposed. The reinforcement elements 4 each include plural reinforcement filaments 1 disposed in a stabilizer 2 , and a stabilizing layer 3 at the outer periphery thereof. The reinforcement filaments 1 each mainly contain one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, V, W, Mo, Fe, and Hf, an alloy consisting of two or more metals selected from the aforementioned group, or an alloy consisting of copper and one or more metals selected from the aforementioned group.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compound superconducting wire comprising:
a reinforcement portion including
a plurality of reinforcement elements that each include
a reinforcement bundle consisting of a plurality of reinforcement filaments and a stabilizer mainly containing copper or a copper alloy and formed at an outer periphery of each of the reinforcement filaments, the reinforcement filaments each mainly containing one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, V, W, Mo, Fe, and Hf, an alloy consisting of two or more metals selected from the aforementioned group, or an alloy consisting of copper and one or more metals selected from the aforementioned group, and
a stabilizing layer mainly containing copper or a copper alloy at an outer periphery of the reinforcement bundle; and

a compound superconductor
wherein an equivalent diameter d f1 of the reinforcement filaments is 0.3 μm or less, and the equivalent diameter d f1 is defined according to the following equation:

d

f
⁢

⁢
1

=

d
1

⁢

X
1

100
⁢

⁢

N

f
⁢

⁢
1

⁡

(

1
+

λ

t
⁢

⁢
1

)

wherein N f1 represents a total number of the reinforcement filaments inside the reinforcement portion, λ t1 represents a proportion of a cross-section area occupied by the reinforcement filaments in the reinforcement portion, X 1 represents a volume occupancy ratio (%) of the reinforcement portion in the compound superconducting wire, and d 1 represents a diameter of the compound superconducting wire.

2. The compound superconducting wire of claim 1 , wherein:
the compound superconductor is a metal compound superconductor; and
the compound superconducting wire includes
a reinforced compound superconducting element wire including
a reinforced superconducting element in which the reinforcement portion and the compound superconductor are composited into a single wire shape, and
a stabilizing outermost layer mainly containing copper or a copper alloy and formed at an outer periphery of the reinforced superconducting element.

3. The compound superconducting wire of claim 1 , wherein the equivalent diameter of the reinforcement filaments is from 0.04 μm to 0.16 μm.

4. The compound superconducting wire of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement filaments mainly contain one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, and V.

5. The compound superconducting wire of claim 1 , wherein a volume occupancy ratio of the reinforcement filaments in the reinforcement element is from 10% to 50%.

6. The compound superconducting wire of claim 1 , wherein a reinforcement wire including the reinforcement portion and a compound superconducting element wire including the compound superconductor are twisted together.

7. The compound superconducting wire of claim 2 , wherein a reinforcement wire including the reinforcement portion and the reinforced compound superconducting element wire are twisted together.

8. A manufacturing method of the compound superconducting wire of claim 1 , the method comprising:
a process of forming a reinforcement primary element wire by performing wire drawing on a reinforcement primary precursor formed by inserting a reinforcement element rod, mainly containing one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, Ti, W, Mo, and Hf, an alloy consisting of two or more metals selected from the aforementioned group, or an alloy consisting of copper and one or more metals selected from the aforementioned group, into a primary stabilization tube mainly containing copper or a copper alloy;
a process of forming a reinforcement secondary element wire by performing wire drawing on a reinforcement secondary precursor formed by inserting a plurality of the reinforcement primary element wires into a secondary stabilization tube mainly containing copper or a copper alloy;
a process of forming a reinforced compound superconductor precursor by compositing a compound superconductor precursor for forming a compound superconductor and a plurality of the reinforcement secondary element wires; and
a process of making a compound superconductor by heat treating the reinforced compound superconductor precursor.

9. The compound superconducting wire manufacturing method of claim 8 , wherein the reinforced compound superconductor precursor has a structure in which the compound superconductor precursor and a plurality of the reinforcement secondary element wires are inserted into an outermost layer stabilization tube mainly containing copper or a copper alloy.

10. The compound superconducting wire manufacturing method of claim 8 , wherein the reinforced compound superconductor precursor has a structure in which the compound superconductor precursor and a reinforcement wire precursor including a plurality of the reinforcement secondary element wires are twisted together.

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
• Univ Tohoku
• Tohoku Techno Arch Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sugimoto Masahiro
• Tsubouchi Hirokazu
• Watanabe Kazuo
• Awaji Satoshi
• Oguro Hidetoshi

Classifications

• Y10T428/12819

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• H01L39/2406

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• B21C1/003

  Drawing materials of special alloys so far as the composition of the alloy requires or permits special drawing methods or sequences · CPC title

• Y10T428/12438

  Composite · CPC title