High-Tc Superconducting Technology

Towards Sustainable Development Goals
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-981-4877-65-7
Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 608 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 972 g

Mitigating climate change, clean environment, global peace, financial growth, and future development of the world require new materials that improve the quality of life. Superconductivity, in general, allows perfect current transmission without losses. This makes it a valuable resource for sustainability in several aspects. High-temperature superconducting (HTSC) materials will be crucial for sustainable everyday applications and more attractive for the United Nations’ SDGs. Superconducting magnets can be used as high-field magnets in magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear magnetic resonance, water purification, magnetic drug delivery, etc. Hunger can be partly avoided if there is sustainability in agriculture. In the future, DC electric energy from solar plants in Africa could be transported worldwide, especially to cold countries, using superconducting cables. Superconducting technology is an efficient way to create sustainability as well as reduce greenhouse gases.

This book presents the latest global achievements in the processing and applications of high-Tc superconductors and discusses the usefulness of the SDGs. It summarizes the related advances in materials science and developments with respect to the SDGs. The book also covers large-scale applications of HTSC materials, which will be connected to the SDGs, addressed by several eminent scientists, including Prof. M. Murakami, president, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan; Prof. D. Cardwell, pro-vice chancellor, University of Cambridge, UK; and Prof. N. Long, director, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miryala, Muralidhar

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Expert Opinion: Relevance of High-Tc Superconductors for SDG Goals 2. Dense and Robust (RE)BCO Bulk Superconductors for Sustainable Applications: Current Status and Future Perspectives 3. Growth, Microstructure, and Superconducting Properties of Ce Alloyed YBCO Bulk Single-Grain Superconductors 4. Superconductivity in Biomedicine: Enabling Next Generation’s Medical Tools for SDGs 5. Overview of Shaping YBa2Cu3O7 Superconductor 6. Development of MgB2 Superconducting Super-Magnets: Its Utilization towards Sustainable Development Goals 7. Powder Technology of Magnesium Diboride and Its Applications 8. Ultrasonication: A Cost-Effective Way to Synthesize High-Jc Bulk MgB2 9. New Potential Family of Iron-Based Superconductors towards Practical Applications: CaKFe4As4 (1144) 10. Quasi 1D Layered Nb2PdxSy Superconductor for Industrial Applications 11. High-Temperature Superconducting Cable Application to Ship Magnetic Deperming and Its Contribution toward SDG 12. High-Tc Superconducting Bearings Design: Towards High-Performance Machines 13. Low-Frequency Rotational Loss in an HTS Bearing and Its Application in Sensitive Devices 14. Superconducting Motor Using HTS Bulk 15. Superconducting Fault Current Limiter 16. Mechanical Properties and Fracture Behaviors of Superconducting Bulk Materials

Über Autor(innen)

Muralidhar Miryala is deputy president and board of councilor at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Japan, and professor at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, and College of Engineering, SIT. His main task is to transform SIT into a high-rank university. To accomplish this goal, he has been working towards designing numerous innovative programs to enhance global initiatives for SIT. Consequently, his interest in the applications and technology of bulk single-grain superconductors led him to develop a new class of mixed LRE-123 system that can be used up to 15 T at 77 K and high temperatures up to 90.2 K. He also developed a novel technology to produce a RE-123 type silver-sheathed wire on the basis of the solid-state/liquid-phase reaction. His intellectual mindset enabled him to produce a small-type superconducting bulk magnet that is useful for magnetizing both high-Tc superconducting materials and magnetic materials in a variety of industrial applications. Dr. Miryala also contributed towards the development of DC superconducting cable for railway system applications. He has authored or co-authored more than 500 scientific contributions in international journals and delivered over 140 oral presentations, including plenary and invited ones. He holds several Japanese national and international patents. He has received several awards for his research contributions, including the prestigious 2021 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award by the Government of India.