Railway applications for high-Tc superconductors

Quarterly Report of RTRI (Railway Technical Research Institute) (Japan)

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 197-202

  Fujimoto, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BiSrCaCuO; Cable; Electric railway; Flywheel; High Tc superconductor; Power transformer; REBaCuO; Superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) systems

Indexed keywords

CABLES; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC RAILROADS; ENERGY STORAGE; FLYWHEELS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE;

ELECTRIC RAILWAY; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTOR; LIQUID NITROGEN REFRIGERATION; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE (SMES) SYSTEMS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 12844278967     PISSN: 00339008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2219/rtriqr.45.197     Document Type: Article

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