Fault currents are typically caused by short circuits, lightning or common power fluctuations. EMF Electric and magnetic fields surrounding any wire that conducts electricity Engineering Critical Current Density Je Ratio between critical current and tape cross-section. Liquid Nitrogen is used to cool HTS wires and components to achieve superconducting performance in applications such as power cables and transformers. A silver tube is filled with superconducting compound in powder form. Through combinations of mechanical and thermal processing the material is converted into thin filaments with superconducting properties.
Percentage composition can vary.
Tape used for lapped dielectric. One of the two basic cable design. Only the HTS conductor is enclosed in a cryogenic environment. The electrical insulation is applied over the cryostat and therefore works at room temperature.