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Article #17616Re: Superconducting Energy Storage
From: phil
Date: Fri, 29 May 1987 06:11
Date: Fri, 29 May 1987 06:11
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In article <15644@gatech.gatech.edu> jeff@gatech.UUCP (Jeff Lee) writes:
<I had wondered what would happen to a superconducting device that was
<carrying, ... say 10000 amps at a few volts and something went wrong
<with the coolant. A previous posting mentioned something about some scorched
<earth and they weren't talking about anything close to 100000 watts.
<If they take the temperature all the way up to room temperature, these
<devices have the potential to fail in a truly catastrophic way.
Of course the military will be VERY interested in such applications.
--
Phil Ngai, {ucbvax,decwrl,allegra}!amdcad!phil or amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!lll-lcc!pyramid!amdcad!phil From: phil@amdcad.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Superconducting Energy Storage Message-ID: <16874@amdcad.AMD.COM> Date: Fri, 29-May-87 02:11:50 EDT Article-I.D.: amdcad.16874 Posted: Fri May 29 02:11:50 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 30-May-87 08:44:39 EDT References: <226@ndmath.UUCP> <7766@orchid.UUCP> <8078@utzoo.UUCP> <15644@gatech.gatech.edu> Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, Ca. Lines: 11