JP2009176524A - Superconductive wire rod, superconductive conductor, and superconductive cable - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a worked super-conductive wire rod, a superconductive conductor, and a superconductive cable having less alternate current loss, and in which performance deterioration due to an inhibiting factor that is unavoidably formed during manufacturing is avoided. <P>SOLUTION: This is the superconductive wire rod in which an intermediate layer, a superconductive thin film, and a stabilizing film composed of an insulation material or a material having high electric resistance are sequentially formed. The superconductive wire rod includes a plurality of cuts that are formed mutually parallel along the longitudinal direction of the superconductive wire rod in order to avoid the performance deterioration including the inhibiting factor, and foldable in the widthwise direction at the cuts. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a superconducting wire, a superconducting conductor, and a superconducting cable, and more particularly, to a processed superconducting wire, a superconducting conductor, and a superconducting cable that have a low AC loss and avoid performance degradation due to an inevitable inhibiting factor during manufacturing.

  In general, Bi (bismuth) -based silver sheath superconducting wires and RE-based thin film superconducting wires are known as wires for high-temperature superconducting cables. The Bi-based silver sheath superconducting wire has a problem that the critical current density rapidly decreases when an external magnetic field is applied. In Patent Document 1, in a superconducting cable using a Bi-based silver sheath superconducting wire, a plurality of tape-shaped Bi-based silver sheath superconducting wires having the same cross-sectional dimensions are adjacent to each other on the outer periphery of a cylindrical former. Reduce the critical current degradation and AC loss by reducing the magnetic field component applied in the direction perpendicular to the wide surface of the superconducting wire by multilayer winding so that there is no circumferential gap between the superconducting wires. Is described.

  On the other hand, RE-based thin film superconducting wires are strong against external magnetic fields and can maintain a high current density even in a strong magnetic field, and therefore are expected to be applied to AC power devices such as superconducting cables. Among RE-based thin film superconducting wires, Y superconducting wires are formed by depositing a YBCO thin film on a metal substrate and have a high current density because they are thin films. In addition, it is possible to expect a reduction in loss (AC loss) generated during AC.

Since the RE-based thin film superconducting wire has a very thin superconducting material, it is known that AC loss due to a magnetic field component parallel to the wide surface of the tape wire hardly occurs. Therefore, an ideal superconducting cable using RE-based thin film superconducting wires has a structure in which RE-based thin film superconducting wires are arranged without gaps. In this case, the self-magnetic field is only in the conductor circumferential direction component, and AC loss is reduced. Can be lowered dramatically. Ultimately, a circular cross section (cylindrical) is desirable as shown in FIG. However, the superconducting wire in which the intermediate layer and the superconducting layer are formed on the cylindrical base material is manufactured by arranging the target of each layer on both the upper side and the lower side of the wire described in Patent Document 2. Even if the superconducting layer is formed so as to have a circular cross section as shown in FIG. 10, it is difficult to align the crystal axis directions.
JP-A-9-190727 JP 2000-106043 A

  As described above, an ideal cable made of RE-based superconducting wires has a structure in which RE-based superconducting wires are arranged without any gaps, and ultimately has a cylindrical (circular cross section) shape. In order to approximate this shape, it has been found that a superconducting wire having a finite width may be made finer to a polygon with a larger number of vertices. However, this method causes problems in actual production. For example, it is necessary to equip a superconducting wire to separate the superconducting wires, the production equipment becomes excessive, and it is difficult to set the gap length during production to be constant. On the other hand, it is desirable that there is no gap to reduce AC loss, but superconducting cables are bent during manufacture, installation, and shipment, so a wire gap is required at this time, and the gap length between wires must be controlled. is there.

In addition, the current transport characteristics of RE-based thin film superconducting wires are affected by current inhibition factors such as weak bonds and crystal defects at crystal grain boundaries, so that current paths flow unevenly and percolately. Is known. In particular, there is a problem that a loss occurs due to the generation of a local voltage due to the presence of an inhibiting factor in a direction perpendicular to the direction of current flow.
Therefore, in order to further improve the superconducting characteristics, it is necessary to avoid the performance degradation caused by the inhibition factors that are inevitably included in the current method of manufacturing a thin film superconducting wire.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a processed superconducting wire, a superconducting conductor, and a superconducting cable that have a low AC loss and avoid performance degradation due to an obstructive factor that inevitably occurs during manufacturing.

  The inventor has intensively studied in order to solve the conventional problems described above. As a result, a plurality of cuts parallel to each other are formed along the longitudinal direction of the superconducting wire in which at least a superconducting thin film and a stabilizing film are sequentially formed on the substrate. It was found that when the superconducting wire is formed so that it can be bent in the width direction along the surface, the self-magnetic field becomes only the directional component along the outer peripheral surface, and the AC loss is dramatically reduced. Furthermore, the performance degradation due to the inevitable factors such as weak bonds and crystal defects that are inevitably produced during production is caused by specific cuts (that is, the length of the remaining portion, the length of the cut portion, the interval in the width direction of the cut, etc.) It was found that this can be avoided by That is, it has been found that by reducing the size of the notch, the current can be diverted before the inhibitor and combined after passing through the inhibitor to avoid performance degradation due to the inhibitor. The present invention has been made based on the research results described above.

In the first aspect of the superconducting wire of the present invention, an intermediate layer, a superconducting thin film, and a stabilizing film made of an insulating material or a material having a high electrical resistance are sequentially formed on a substrate having a predetermined width and a predetermined length. A superconducting wire comprising a plurality of parallel cuts formed along the longitudinal direction of the superconducting wire so as to avoid an inhibiting factor present in the superconducting thin film. Thus, a superconducting wire can be easily arranged by making a cut and making it bendable without completely separating and dividing one superconducting wire. Furthermore, in order to avoid performance degradation due to an inhibitory factor, cutting is effective.
Note that an insulating material or a material having high electric resistance refers to a material having an electric resistance of 10 ⁶ Ωm or more.

  According to a second aspect of the superconducting wire of the present invention, the notch is formed by dividing the current flowing in the superconducting thin film in front of the inhibitory factor, and a junction formed after passing through the inhibitory factor. Thus, the superconducting wire is characterized in that the remaining portion and the cut portion are periodically formed in the longitudinal direction.

  According to a third aspect of the superconducting wire of the present invention, the superconducting thin film is made of an RE-based superconducting material, and a plurality of the cuts are formed at equal intervals in the width direction within a range of 1 mm to 2 mm. It is a wire. Here, RE is a rare earth element, and the RE-based superconducting material is one type selected from Y, Nd, S m, E u, G d, D y, H o, E r, T m, Y b, and L u. Or it is a superconducting material which consists of two or more types of elements.

  A fourth aspect of the superconducting wire of the present invention is a superconducting wire in which the length of the cut portion is in the range of 100 mm to 200 mm, and the length of the remaining portion is in the range of 2 mm to 5 mm.

  According to a fifth aspect of the superconducting wire of the present invention, the remaining portion of the plurality of cuts is formed so as to be adjacent to the same position in the width direction of the superconducting wire. It is.

  A first aspect of the superconducting conductor according to the present invention is a superconducting conductor in which the superconducting wire is bent in the width direction at the cut and arranged along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical object.

  According to a second aspect of the superconducting conductor of the present invention, a plurality of the superconducting wires are bent in the width direction at the cut and arranged along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical object, and the adjacent superconducting wires are the cylinders. It is a superconducting conductor having a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction of the shaped object.

  A third aspect of the superconducting conductor of the present invention is a superconducting conductor provided with another superconducting wire thinned to the same width as the interval in the width direction of the notch between the superconducting wires.

  The 1st aspect of the superconducting cable of this invention is a superconducting cable which has an electric insulation layer, a protective layer, and a heat insulation pipe | tube in the outer periphery of the said superconducting conductor.

  A superconducting wire in which an intermediate layer, a superconducting thin film, and a stabilizing film made of an insulating material or a material having a high electric resistance are sequentially formed on a substrate is arranged in the longitudinal direction so as to avoid an obstacle present in the superconducting thin film A plurality of cuts parallel to each other are formed along the surface, and the superconducting wire is formed so that it can be bent in the width direction along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shape. Only the directional component is reduced, and the AC loss can be dramatically reduced. As a result, it is possible to approach the structure in which the RE superconducting wire is an ideal cable made of the RE superconducting wire and is arranged without any gap.

  According to the superconducting wire, the superconducting conductor and the superconducting cable of the present invention, by processing the superconducting wire, the equipment at the time of manufacture does not become excessive, the gap length is easily determined, and the same effect as when the wire is thinned is obtained. Obtainable.

  According to this invention, a superconducting wire is cut into a plurality of parallel cuts of a specific size (the length of the cut portion, the length of the remaining portion, the interval in the width direction of the cut) along the longitudinal direction. Since it is formed, the current flowing in the superconducting wire is shunted to flow to both sides of the inhibitor part through the remaining part of the cut so as to avoid the inhibitor that is inevitably generated at the time of manufacture, so that Ic (critical current) decreases. Is almost avoidable.

  Hereinafter, a superconducting wire, a superconducting conductor and a superconducting cable according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The notch 6 includes a cut portion 7 and a remaining portion 8, and is formed such that the cut portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 appear periodically in the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of cuts 6 are equally spaced in the width direction. Is formed.

The incision 6 is performed by, for example, YAG (Yittrium Aluminum Garnet) laser processing or a rotary blade provided with a portion without a blade. As the laser, a fiber laser, a CO ₂ laser, or the like may be used in addition to the YAG laser. As a laser cutting method, there is a method of turning on / off the laser. In this method, the laser is incident from the side of the stabilizing film 5, and when it is turned on, all of the stabilizing film 5, the superconducting thin film 4, the intermediate layer 3, and the substrate 2 are cut to form the cutting part 7, and when it is turned off, it is cut at all. The remaining portion 8 is formed without inserting 6. The lengths of the cut portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 are, for example, 145 mm for the cut portion 7 and 5 mm for the remaining portion 8.

  FIG. 2A shows that the cut portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 of the two parallel cuts 6 are arranged in the same manner, and FIG. 2B shows the cut portion 7 of the two parallel cuts 6. And the remaining portions 8 are formed alternately. As shown in FIG. 2B, it is not always necessary to align the positions of the remaining portions 8 of the plurality of cuts 6, and the cut 6 shown in FIG. 2 is an example, and both the cut portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 are as follows. The length can be determined based on the appearance probability of the inhibitory factor described in (1). In any case, the cut portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 can be bent in the width direction along the outer peripheral surface portion of the cylindrical object 11 by forming the cut 6 in which the remaining portion 8 appears periodically.

  The avoidance of the performance degradation due to the weak bond and the inhibitory factor typified by crystal defects, which are inevitably generated at the time of manufacturing, will be described with reference to the drawings. Weak bonds occur when the crystal grows and changes in the crystal orientation, and crystal defects are inevitably generated during manufacturing due to differences in the compound concentration. Inhibitors that are inevitably generated at the time of manufacture are considered to appear with a certain probability (about one place in the length of 1 to 10 m), so the carving length is basically based on the occurrence probability of the inhibitory factor. Short is desirable.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the effect of cutting on an inhibitory factor. FIG. 3A is a diagram for explaining a current flow in the vicinity of an inhibitory factor portion when no separation is performed. FIG. 3B is a diagram for explaining a current flow in the vicinity of the inhibitory factor portion when carving is performed. FIG.3 (c) is a figure explaining the flow of the electric current in the vicinity of an inhibitory factor part at the time of performing specific carving.
Inhibitor A inevitably produced during production hardly affects the performance of fine substances, but inhibitor A having a size (diameter) of about 500 μm to 1 mm reduces performance, particularly Ic (critical current). It has an effect.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (a), in the case of the superconducting wire 100 in which the notch 6 is not formed and the notch is not formed, it affects the current flow B (solid arrow) in a wide part around the inhibitor A part. Current distribution occurs in the superconducting thin film. When the cutting is not performed, a current flows in the superconducting thin film, so that Ic does not decrease. However, there is a problem in that it is not bent when it is wound around a cylindrical object. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), in the case of the separated superconducting wire 101 in which the wire is thinned into five parts in a completely cut state, as shown in FIG. However, the current flowing through the thinned portion where the inhibitor A part is present is affected, and the current does not flow completely. For this reason, a current of about 20% of Ic flowing through the entire wire does not flow, and the performance of the entire wire is deteriorated. In addition, if the intermediate layer is non-insulating when thinned in this way, even if the current does not flow in the superconducting thin film, the current flows in the thickness direction to the lower intermediate layer. Although the intermediate layer of the thin film superconducting wire is often an insulating intermediate layer, thinning into a completely separated state as shown in FIG. 3B is as described above. Ic characteristics are degraded.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3C, the superconducting wire 1 according to the present invention has the length of the cut portion 7, the length of the remaining portion 8, and the width between the cuts 6 within a specific range. By defining, although the current does not flow in the portion where the inhibitor A is present, the shunt is generated in the remaining portion 8-1 immediately before the inhibitor A portion, and the inhibitor A portion is bypassed. The remaining portion 8-2 immediately after can be controlled so as to merge the divided currents. As a result, the current flowing through the superconducting wire 1 can substantially avoid the influence of the inhibition factor A part and can hardly decrease Ic (critical current). When a good conductor is formed on the superconducting wire A, even if a current flows into the good conductor while avoiding the inhibition factor A portion, if the notch 6 of the present invention is not formed, the resistance of the good conductor is reduced in the superconducting thin film 4. Since it is sufficiently high, the superconducting property of the superconducting wire 1 is deteriorated.
As described above, the size of the notch 6 that can be controlled so as to be merged after causing the diversion immediately before the inhibition factor A portion to bypass the inhibition factor A was examined. The results are shown below.

  FIG. 4 is a graph for explaining the influence of the length of the cut portion 7, the length of the remaining portion 8, and the interval in the width direction of the cut 6 on Ic (critical current). Using the superconducting wire 1, Ic (critical current) was measured by changing the length of the cut portion 7, the length of the remaining portion 8, and the interval in the width direction of the cut 6 respectively.

  FIG. 4A is a graph showing the relationship between the length of the cutting section 7 and Ic (critical current). As shown to Fig.4 (a), when the length of the cut part 7 will exceed 300 mm, Ic (critical current) will fall rapidly. Therefore, the length of the dividing portion 7 is 300 mm or less, preferably in the range of 100 mm to 200 mm (each including a limit value).

  The minimum value of the length of the carving unit 7 described above needs to consider the following matters. That is, when a wire is wound around the former, the wire needs to move freely to some extent. When a superconducting conductor is bent, the outside of the bend tries to open the wire, while the inside tends to narrow. When the length of the cut portion 7 is short, the movement of these wires in the lateral direction is restricted, and buckling or extreme elongation occurs in the width direction of the tape, so that the wires are deteriorated. Accordingly, the length of the dividing portion 7 is 1/4 or more, preferably 1/2 or more, and preferably 100 mm or more of the spiral pitch.

  FIG. 4B is a graph showing the relationship between the length of the remaining portion 8 and Ic (critical current). As shown in FIG. 4B, when the length of the remaining portion 8 is less than 1 mm, Ic (critical current) is rapidly decreased. Accordingly, the length of the remaining portion 8 is 1 mm or more, preferably in the range of 2 mm to 5 mm (each including a limit value). If the length is longer than 5 mm, the remaining portion 8 is not bent when mechanically bent, and if it is bent forcibly, the adjacent cut portion 7 is broken.

  FIG. 4C is a graph showing the relationship between the interval in the width direction of the cut 6 and Ic (critical current). As shown in FIG. 4C, when the interval in the width direction of the cuts 6 is less than 1 mm, Ic (critical current) is rapidly reduced. Therefore, the interval in the width direction of the notch 6 is 1 mm or more, preferably in the range of 1 mm to 2 mm (each including a limit value). If the length is longer than 2 mm, the AC loss increases, which is not preferable. The AC loss in the case of 2 mm is about 0.1 W / m, and the AC loss is preferably less than this value.

  As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the cut portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 of the parallel cut 6 are the same so that the remaining portion 8 of the cut 6 is adjacent to the same position in the width direction of the superconducting wire 1. If formed in such a manner, the diversion in the remaining portion 8-1 immediately before the inhibition factor A portion as described above occurs uniformly, and the sharing in each current path becomes uniform. Therefore, it is preferable to form the notch 6 as shown in FIG.

  In one embodiment of the superconducting conductor 10 of the present invention, at least a superconducting thin film 4 and a stabilizing film 5 are sequentially formed on a cylindrical object 11 and a substrate 2 having a predetermined width and a predetermined length, and the length of the wire A plurality of cuts 6 that are parallel to each other are formed along the direction, and the conductor structure is formed of a superconducting wire 1 that is bent along the width direction in the cuts 6 and arranged along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical object 11. Is a superconducting conductor 10. A plurality of superconducting wires 1 formed with cuts 6 and bendable in the width direction are formed, and the plurality of superconducting wires 1 are adjacent to each other in the width direction along the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical object 11 at a predetermined interval. Has been placed. The predetermined interval is also called a gap length between the superconducting wires 1 and accurately refers to a distance between adjacent superconducting thin films 4. Here, the gap length (predetermined interval) is an average value of the interval between the superconducting thin films 4.

  FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a cross section of the superconducting conductor 10 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of superconducting wires (six in FIG. 5, 10 mm in width) formed by forming cuts 6 in the outer peripheral surface of a copper cylindrical article 11 having a diameter of 20 mm, for example, which is a good conductor. 1 are arranged along the major axis direction of the cylindrical object 11 in parallel on the outer peripheral surface thereof at approximately equal intervals. The gap length between the superconducting wires 1 is 0.61 mm. In this specification, the gap length (predetermined interval) refers to the distance between the superconducting thin films 4 of the adjacent superconducting wires 1 as shown in FIG. 6, and the diameter of the cylindrical object 11 and the thickness of the substrate 2 and the intermediate layer 3. It can be controlled by controlling the width of the cut 6. Each superconducting wire 1 is formed with two cuts 6 at equal intervals as shown in FIG. The cut 6 is a dotted cut 6 in which the cut portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 appear periodically. Thus, the superconducting wire 1 in which the notch 6 is formed is arranged in parallel on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical object 11 with a gap length of 0.61 mm. The substrate 2 of the bent superconducting wire 1 is arranged such that a part of the surface of the substrate 2 is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical object 11.

  Another aspect of the superconducting conductor 10 of the present invention is a superconducting conductor 10 including at least one thinned superconducting wire 9 between the superconducting wires 1. That is, in order to minimize the predetermined interval between the plurality of superconducting wires 1, a separate thinned superconducting wire 9 arranged between the superconducting wires 1 is prepared separately from the superconducting wire 1 in which the cuts 6 are formed. Thus, the gap length between the superconducting wires 1 is adjusted.

  FIG. 7 is a view showing a cross section of a superconducting conductor 10 according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 7, a plurality of superconducting wires (six in FIG. 7, 10 mm in width) formed by forming cuts 6 in the outer peripheral surface of a copper cylindrical object 11 having a diameter of 21 mm, for example, are good conductors. 1 is arranged in parallel on the outer circumferential surface along the long axis direction of the cylindrical object 11. In this embodiment, another superconducting wire 9 having a width of 3.33 mm is inserted between the superconducting wires 1 so that the gap length between the superconducting wires 1 is 0.54 mm. Also in this embodiment, each superconducting wire 1 is formed with two cuts 6 at equal intervals as shown in FIG. The notch 6 is a dotted line notch in which the separating portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 appear periodically.

  The superconducting wire 1 having the cuts 6 formed in this way is arranged in parallel on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical object 11 with a gap length of 0.54 mm, and the above-mentioned thin wire having the width of 3.33 mm is disposed in the remaining gap portion. Another superconducting wire 9 that has been formed is inserted and arranged. Also in this embodiment, the substrate 2 of the bent superconducting wire 1 and another superconducting wire 9 is disposed so that the entire surface thereof is in contact with the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical object 11. In the above-described thinned superconducting wire 9, at least the superconducting thin film 4 and the stabilizing film 5 are sequentially formed on the substrate 2 described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, and a cut 6 is formed. The same superconducting structure as the superconducting wire 1 is provided. Thus, it can adjust by using another superconducting wire 9 thinned so that it may become predetermined gap length. Details thereof will be described later with reference to examples.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the superconducting cable of the present invention. The superconducting cable 20 is formed by spirally winding the superconducting wire 1 around a metal (for example, copper) cylindrical object 11, and an electrical insulating layer 21 (made of paper or semi-synthetic paper) thereon, and then a protective layer 22. A cable core formed of (for example, conductive paper or copper braided wire) is made of a flexible metal (for example, stainless steel or aluminum) double insulation tube, that is, the inner tube 23 and the outer It is accommodated in the double heat insulation pipe | tube which consists of the heat insulating material 24 arrange | positioned between the pipe | tube 25 and the inner pipe | tube 23, and the outer pipe | tube 25. FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of a superconducting cable (three phases) according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 9, the structure of the superconducting cable 20 is such that a superconducting wire 1 is spirally wound around a cylindrical object 11 made of metal (for example, copper), and an electric insulating layer 21 (made of paper or Semi-synthetic paper), then a superconducting shield layer 26, and a cable core having a protective layer 22 (for example, made of conductive paper or copper braided wire) formed on a flexible metal (for example, stainless steel) (Made of aluminum or made of aluminum). The double heat insulating pipe is composed of an inner pipe 23 and an outer pipe 25 and a heat insulating material 24 disposed between the inner pipe 23 and the outer pipe 25. Moreover, you may provide an anticorrosion layer further in the outer side of this double heat insulation pipe | tube. Here, the conductor forming the superconducting shield layer 26 is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to use a superconducting wire similar to the superconducting wire 1. Although the superconducting shield layer is not shown in FIG. 8, it is desirable to have the superconducting shield layer 26 as in FIG. By having the superconducting shield layer 26, the superconducting cable 20 having a very small leakage magnetic field can be formed.

Hereinafter, the superconducting wire and the superconducting conductor of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to Examples and Comparative Examples.
The superconducting wire 1 of the present invention, for example, a 10 mm wide superconducting tape, is not completely cut, but is provided with a portion to be cut and a portion to be left by forming a dotted line as shown in FIG. The superconducting wire 1 processed in this way can be bent in the width direction. The cut 6 can be formed by, for example, turning on / off the laser or providing a part without a blade in a part of the rotary blade. Since the superconducting wire 1 is not cut in this way, the spool for feeding and winding may be one-to-one.

  When such a superconducting wire 1 is wound around a cylindrical object 11 as shown in FIG. 5, the cross section of the superconducting conductor 10 composed of the cylindrical object 11 and the superconducting wire 1 becomes a nearly circular shape, and the influence of the vertical magnetic field of the superconducting wire 1. Can be reduced. Here, an ideal RE-based superconductor shape is shown in FIG. The AC loss is reduced according to the number of cuts 6 formed in one superconducting wire 1. That is, the AC loss decreases as the number of cuts 6 formed increases.

  Moreover, the gap length between the superconducting wire 1 also becomes small because the cross-sectional shape of the superconducting conductor 10 approaches a circle. When the conventional superconducting wire is used, the gap length between the superconducting wires 100 is 1.44 mm as shown in FIG. 19, but when the superconducting wire 1 in which the notch 6 of the present invention is formed is used, the superconducting wire is used. The gap length between 1 can be reduced to 0.61 mm. The equipment necessary for winding the superconducting wire 1 around the cylindrical object 11 in the present invention is exactly the same as the equipment used in the case of the conventional superconducting wire 100 in which the notch 6 is not formed. The gap length can be easily determined.

  The size of the gap between the superconducting wires 1 is preferably less than 2 mm because an AC loss reduction effect is produced when the gap is less than 2 mm. In order to reduce AC loss, the gap length between the superconducting wires 1 is preferably as small as possible, and the gap length may be 0 mm. For example, when the gap length is 0.5 mm, the AC loss can be reduced to about ½ compared to when the gap length is infinite, and when the gap length is infinite when the gap length is 0.1 mm. On the other hand, it can be expected to reduce the AC loss to about 1/10.

  Note that the greater the number of cuts 6 in the width direction formed in the superconducting wire 1 described above, the more effective is the reduction of AC loss. However, as described above, when the interval in the width direction of the cuts 6 is less than 1 mm, Ic (critical current) is drastically reduced, so the upper limit of the number of cuts 6 depends on the wire width. For example, if the width is 10 mm, the upper limit of the number of cuts 6 is 9. Further, by reducing the gap length between the superconducting wires 1, the AC loss can be greatly reduced by the synergistic effect of the cut 6 and the gap length.

Below, the effect with respect to the alternating current loss of the superconducting wire 1 of this invention was confirmed by model trial manufacture and theory.
As a theoretical model, the Norris strip model shown in FIG. 11 was used. In FIG. 9, although the gap length of each model is finite, the gap length is infinite in the calculation of the Norris strip model, and the influence of adjacent superconducting wires is ignored. FIG. 12 shows these AC losses. In FIG. 12, the vertical axis represents the conduction loss normalized by the square of the critical current (Ic), and the horizontal axis represents the conduction current (It) normalized by the critical current (Ic). The horizontal axis and the vertical axis in FIG. 12 are normalized in order to eliminate the dependency of Ic (critical current). The horizontal axis is the peak of the energization current (Arms) divided by Ic, and the vertical axis is divided by the square of Ic. This is because the AC loss of the theoretical model is proportional to the square of Ic.

  According to FIG. 12, the AC loss is 1/6 for 6strip and 1/18 for 18strip compared to 1strip. However, the theoretical formula of the ultimate cylindrical shape is given by a mono-block model, and assuming a cylindrical model with a diameter of 20 mm and a thickness of 1 micron is about 1/1000 of 6 strips. This discrepancy is due to Norris's strip model making the gap length between tapes infinite.

A model was actually created to compare with the theory described above.
Six superconducting wires 1 having a width of 10 mm were used as the superconducting wires 1, and models 1 to 5 shown below were created. Here, model 1 is a conventional example, model 2 is a comparative example, and models 3 to 5 are examples of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 13, model 1 is a conventional superconducting wire 100 in which notches 6 are not formed and arranged on the outer peripheral surface at equal intervals along the long axis of a cylindrical object 110 having a diameter of 20 mm. The gap length between the superconducting wires 1 at that time was 1.44 mm.
In model 2, each superconducting wire 100 was completely separated by two laser processes and divided into three. As a result, a total of 18 separated superconducting wires 101 were obtained. As shown in FIG. 14, these separated superconducting wires 101 were arranged on the outer peripheral surface at equal intervals along the long axis of a cylindrical object 110 having a diameter of 25 mm. The gap length between the separated superconducting wires 101 at this time was 1.09 mm.

  In model 3, two dotted line cuts 6 were formed for each superconducting wire 1. The incision 6 was formed by using a YAG laser ON / OFF and periodically forming a 145 mm long separating portion 7 and a 5 mm remaining portion 8. The laser diameter at this time was 100 microns. As shown in FIG. 15, the superconducting wire 1 in which the cut 6 composed of the cut portion 7 and the remaining portion 8 is formed is arranged on the outer peripheral surface at equal intervals along the long axis of the cylindrical object 11 having a diameter of 21 mm as shown in FIG. did. The gap length between the superconducting wires 1 at that time was 1.13 mm.

In model 4, two dotted cuts 6 were formed for each superconducting wire 1. The formation of the notch 6 is the same as that of the model 3. As shown in FIG. 16, the superconducting wire 1 in which the cuts 6 were formed in this manner was arranged on the outer peripheral surface at equal intervals along the long axis of the cylindrical object 11 having a diameter of 20 mm. The gap length between the superconducting wires 1 at that time was 0.61 mm.
In model 5, two dotted cuts 6 were formed for each superconducting wire 1. The formation of the notch 6 is the same as that of the model 3. As shown in FIG. 17, the superconducting wire 1 in which the cuts 6 were formed in this manner was arranged on the outer peripheral surface at equal intervals along the long axis of the cylindrical object 11 having a diameter of 19 mm. The gap length between the superconducting wires 1 at that time was 0.09 mm.

  The characteristics of models 1 to 5 are shown in FIG. In FIG. 18, the vertical axis represents the conduction loss normalized by the square of the critical current (Ic), and the horizontal axis represents the conduction current (It) normalized by the critical current (Ic). As is clear from FIG. 18, the normalized current loss decreases as the gap length of the superconducting wire decreases. That is, the results of models 1 to 3 are in good agreement with the split theoretical model, and model 2 and model 3 show almost the same characteristics. Therefore, when dotted cut 6 is formed in the superconducting wire. It is shown that the same effect as when the superconducting wire is completely separated can be obtained. However, in model 2, since the superconducting wires are completely separated into 18 pieces (also called reels), it is difficult to keep the gap length between the separated superconducting wires 101 constant.

On the other hand, the model 3 uses the superconducting wire 1 in which the notch 6 is formed, and the superconducting wire 1 is not completely separated, so the number of reels is the number of the original superconducting wire. The gap length between the superconducting wires 1 is easily adjusted.
The models 3, 4, and 5 show the effect of the gap length (that is, the AC loss is reduced as the gap is reduced), and the model 4 having the gap length of 0.61 mm has a gap length of 1.13 mm. Compared to model 3 which is 2/3 to 1/2, model 5 having a gap length of 0.09 mm is 1/5 to 1 compared to model 3 having a gap length of 1.13 mm. / 10 reduction. It was confirmed that Model 5 had the smallest AC loss.

Further, a method for reducing AC loss will be described.
Generally, since the width of the superconducting wire is determined to be a constant value (10 mm in this case), the gap length (gap size) between the superconducting wires depends on the diameter of the cylindrical object 11 around which the superconducting wire is wound. . For example, in model 3 with a gap length of 1.13 mm and model 4 with a gap length of 0.61 mm, the AC loss differs by about 2/3 to 1/2, but in model 3, the superconducting wire is further increased by 1 Since this cannot be increased, the gap length cannot be reduced, and reduction in AC loss cannot be expected.

  In order to increase the current capacity, since the superconducting wire is multi-layered in the radial direction, a situation in which the diameter around which the superconducting wire is wound fluctuates frequently as described above. Therefore, in addition to forming the cut 6 in the superconducting wire 1, a thin superconducting wire 9 that is completely separated is prepared in advance. Of course, the superconducting wire 9 does not have a decrease in Ic due to the inhibition factor A. This complete detachment can be easily obtained by laser treatment. For example, when the superconducting wire 1 is completely separated by a laser, three 3.33 mm width superconducting wires 9 are obtained.

  In model 3, when one superconducting wire 9 having a width of 3.33 mm is added, the gap length between the superconducting wires 1 and between the superconducting wire 1 and another superconducting wire 9 is 0.54 mm, and the gap length is 0.61 mm. AC loss reduction equivalent to that of model 4 can be realized.

  As described above, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a state in which the superconducting wire 9 is inserted between the superconducting wires 1 in which the cuts 6 are formed in the thin superconducting wire. As shown in FIG. 7, another superconducting wire 9 having a width of 3.33 mm is inserted between the six superconducting wires 1 in which the cuts 6 are formed. The black part shown in FIG. 7 is another superconducting wire 9 having a width of 3.33 mm newly inserted. By inserting this thin wire, the gap length between the superconducting wires 1 and 9 can be made 0.54 mm. Thus, even if the diameter of the cylindrical object 11 around which the superconducting wire is wound changes, the superconducting wire 9 can be inserted so as to reduce the gap length between the superconducting wires, thereby reducing the AC loss.

Furthermore, when creating a conductor by winding a superconducting wire in a spiral, the gap length is not easily determined. This is because the number of wires wound is different depending on the spiral pitch. Usually, the spiral winding is performed to increase mechanical strength against bending. Here, as a reference, Table 1 shows the relationship between the gap length and the winding pitch when the superconducting wire 101 having a width of 3.33 mm is wound around the cylindrical object 110 as in the case of the model 2 in FIG. However, unlike the model 2, the cylindrical object 110 is a 20 mm former. As shown in Table 1, when the spiral pitch is increased to 200 to 300 mm or more, the number of wires that can be wound is infinite, that is, the number of wires that are not wound on the spiral, and the gap length is similarly not wound on the spiral. And the same level. Conversely, if the spiral pitch is shortened, the number of wires that can be wound is reduced, and the gap length is increased. This tendency is the same even when the superconducting wire 1 of the present invention is similarly spirally wound around a cylindrical object.

  However, in order to increase the current capacity, it is generally performed to make the superconducting wire a multilayer (see FIG. 9). Therefore, when the superconducting wire is spirally wound, the spiral pitch is determined by adjusting the inductance of each layer of the superconducting wire. Although the gap length is not uniquely determined by adjusting the inductance, it is effective to reduce the gap length as much as possible in order to reduce the AC loss.

  However, as shown in FIG. 14, in the spiral wound superconducting cable using the separated superconducting wire 101, when the gap length is minimized, the separated superconducting wires 101 collide with each other, and the superconducting wire 101 is distorted. There is a possibility that the superconducting performance may be lost or the wires may collide with each other and the wires may overlap. However, by using the superconducting wire 1 of the present invention as shown in FIG. 5, even if the superconducting wires separated by the dividing portion 7 collide with each other, it is the substrate 2 of the superconducting wire 1, and the superconducting thin film 4 has Since no direct distortion occurs, the superconducting performance of the superconducting wire 1 itself is not lost. Further, since the superconducting wire 1 of the present invention is an integrated wire, there is almost no possibility of superconducting wires overlapping each other, but when the gap length is less than 0.09 mm, the superconducting wire 1 is in a spiral state. When the wire 1 is wound, adjacent superconducting wires 1 may collide with each other and the superconducting characteristics may be deteriorated. Further, as shown in the examples, the AC loss can be further reduced if the gap length has a predetermined interval of 0.09 to 1.13 mm.

  As shown in FIG. 16, when six wires are spirally wound at a pitch of 300 mm on a conductor (cylindrical object 11) having a diameter of 20 mm, the gap length is almost the same as when the spiral is not wound around the cylindrical object 11. It is equivalent. As shown in FIG. 8, the superconducting cable 20 in which the superconducting wire 1 according to the present invention is spirally wound around a conductor (cylindrical object 11), and the bending current is made 1 m, no deterioration of the critical current is observed. As a result, sufficient performance was confirmed.

  The above-described processing for forming the cut 6 in the superconducting wire 1 is effective for a thin film superconducting wire having a thickness of the superconducting thin film 4 of about 0.1 to 5 μm. For a superconducting wire having a large number of filaments, such as a Bi-based silver sheath superconducting wire, it cannot be said to be effective in reducing AC loss. The Bi-based silver sheath superconducting wire is obtained by rolling a plurality of superconducting filaments in a sheath material by a PIT (Powder In Tube) method. Although the thickness of the individual superconducting filaments obtained by the PIT method is about 10 μm, it is considered to be almost unitary because it is electromagnetically coupled to other superconducting filaments. Therefore, considering the entire region as a superconductor, the thickness as the superconducting layer is about 0.1 to 0.2 mm, and the AC loss is higher than that of the thin film superconducting wire. Therefore, even if the cut is formed in the Bi-based silver sheath superconducting wire as in the present invention, the AC loss is not reduced. Further, in the Bi-based silver sheath superconducting wire, when the cut is formed, the laminated superconducting filament is damaged by cutting, and the decrease in Ic is increased.

  Similarly, in the case of a Bi-based silver sheath superconducting wire, even if there is a defect in the superconducting filament part, the filament structure is like a multilayer structure, and even if there is no residual part in the cut, It is possible to divert in the thickness direction, and it is not possible to obtain the effect that the performance degradation in the defective portion can be avoided by applying the notch of the present invention.

  Note that the application of the present invention to a thin film superconducting wire is also effective for a superconducting wire in which a good conductor such as copper is further formed on both the upper surface, the lower surface, or any one surface.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a superconducting wire of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view for explaining the superconducting wire of the present invention in which cuts are formed. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the effect of cutting on an inhibitory factor. FIG. 4 is a graph for explaining the influence of the length of the cut portion, the length of the remaining portion, and the interval in the width direction of the cut on Ic (critical current). FIG. 5 is a view for explaining a cross section of the superconducting conductor of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a predetermined interval (gap length) according to the present invention. FIG. 7 is a view showing a cross section of a superconducting conductor according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the superconducting cable of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of the superconducting cable (three phases) of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an ideal Y-based superconductor. FIG. 11 is a conceptual diagram showing a model that is considered using a Norris strip model as a theoretical model. FIG. 12 is a graph showing the AC loss of the model. FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of model 1, that is, a conventional superconducting wire arranged at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface along the long axis of a cylindrical object having a diameter of 20 mm. FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view in which model 2, that is, separated superconducting wires are arranged on the outer peripheral surface at equal intervals along the long axis of a cylindrical object having a diameter of 25 mm. FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view of model 3, that is, superconducting wires with cuts arranged at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface along the long axis of a cylindrical object having a diameter of 21 mm. FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view of model 4, that is, superconducting wires having cuts arranged at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface along the long axis of a cylindrical object having a diameter of 20 mm. FIG. 17 is a cross-sectional view of model 5, that is, superconducting wires having cuts arranged at equal intervals on the outer peripheral surface along the long axis of a cylindrical object having a diameter of 19 mm. FIG. 18 is a graph showing the characteristics of models 1 to 5. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a case where a conventional superconducting wire is used.

Explanation of symbols

1 Superconducting wire of the present invention (cutting is omitted)
2 Substrate 3 Intermediate layer 4 Superconducting thin film 5 Stabilizing film 6 Cutting 7 Cutting part 8 Remaining part 9 Another superconducting wire 10 Superconducting conductor 11 Cylindrical object 20 Superconducting cable (predetermined spacing between superconducting wires is omitted)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 Electrical insulating layer 22 Protective layer 23 Inner pipe 24 Heat insulating material 25 Outer pipe 26 Superconducting shield layer 100 Superconducting wire 101 in which notch | incision is formed The separated superconducting wire 110 Cylindrical object

Claims (10)

  A superconducting wire in which an intermediate layer, a superconducting thin film, and a stabilizing film made of an insulating material or a material having high electrical resistance are sequentially formed on a substrate having a predetermined width and a predetermined length, and are present in the superconducting thin film. A superconducting wire comprising a plurality of parallel cuts formed along the longitudinal direction of the superconducting wire so as to avoid an inhibiting factor.   The incision includes a cut portion in which a cut is formed so that a current flowing in the superconducting thin film is diverted before the inhibitor, and a remaining portion in which a cut is not formed so as to join after passing through the inhibitor. The superconducting wire according to claim 1, wherein the remaining portion and the cut portion are periodically formed in a longitudinal direction.   The superconducting wire according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the superconducting thin film is made of an RE-based superconducting material, and the plurality of cuts are formed at equal intervals in the width direction within a range of 1 mm to 2 mm.   4. The superconducting wire according to claim 3, wherein the cut portion has a length in a range of 100 mm to 200 mm, and the remaining portion has a length in a range of 2 mm to 5 mm.   The superconducting device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein, of the plurality of cuts, the remaining portion is formed adjacent to the same position in the width direction of the superconducting wire. wire.   6. The superconductor wire according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a good conductor is formed on one or both of the upper surface and the lower surface of the superconducting wire, and the plurality of cuts are formed in the good conductor. The superconducting wire described.   A superconducting conductor in which the superconducting wire according to any one of claims 1 to 6 is bent in a width direction at the cut and disposed along an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical object.   The superconducting wire according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the superconducting wire is bent in the width direction at the cut and arranged along the outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical object, and the adjacent superconducting wires are A superconducting conductor having a predetermined interval in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical object.   The superconducting conductor according to claim 8, further comprising another superconducting wire thinned to have the same width as an interval in the width direction of at least one of the cuts between the superconducting wires.   The superconducting cable which has an electric insulation layer, a protective layer, and a heat insulation pipe | tube in the outer periphery of the said superconducting conductor of Claim 8 or 9.

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