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Figure 3<br />

A simplified block diagram <strong>of</strong> a SMES system showing maj<strong>or</strong> <strong>com</strong>ponents.<br />

All practical SMES systems installed to date use a superconducting alloy <strong>of</strong> niobium and<br />

titanium (Nb-Ti), which requires operation at temperatures near the boiling point <strong>of</strong> liquid<br />

helium, about 4.2 K (-269°C <strong>or</strong> -452°F) – 4.2 centigrade degrees above absolute zero. Typical<br />

conduct<strong>or</strong>s made <strong>of</strong> this material are shown in Figure 4.<br />

Fig. 4a<br />

Fig. 4b<br />

Figure 4<br />

Typical conduct<strong>or</strong>s made <strong>of</strong> the superconduct<strong>or</strong> Nb-Ti (LBNL & LLNL)<br />

Figure 4a, on the left, is a flattened cable made <strong>of</strong> 30 <strong>com</strong>posite strands wrapped in an insulat<strong>or</strong><br />

made <strong>of</strong> Kapton and epoxy-fiberglass. Each strand is 0.7 mm in diameter and contains several<br />

thousand, 6 µm diameter Nb-Ti filaments extruded in a copper matrix. Figure 4b, on the right, is<br />

SMES Page 3

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