Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.

Hubertus W Weijers

David Larbalestier

Ulf Peter Trociewitz

David K Hilton

Matthieu Dalban-Canassy

A novel method and structure for creating a high-temperature superconducting tape. The concept of the invention is to use a conductor insulation which not only electrically insulates the conductors of the coil windings from each other, but also mechanically insulates them from the much stronger encapsulant. The insulation material mechanically decouples the conductor from the encapsulant at the boundary between them, thereby preventing damage as a result of thermal and electromagnetic shearing forces. The proposed structure allows the encapsulant to continue performing its functions of preventing coarse motion and stabilizing the coil as a whole, while allowing fine relative displacements of individual coil windings caused by radial stress gradients.

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Crawfordville, FL, United States of America

Hubertus W Weijers