Self-monitoring superconducting cables having integrated optical fibers
AssigneeNorth Carolina State University Office of Technology Commercialization and New Ventures
InventorsJustin Schwartz, Federico Scurti
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Abstract
Disclosed are various embodiments for a self-monitoring conducting device that responds to strain and temperature changes. In one example, a self-monitoring conducting device comprises a superconducting cable having a core and one or more layers of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) tape architecture surrounding the core. The self-monitoring conducting device further includes optical fibers integrated within the superconducting cable. The optical fibers can monitor a state of the superconducting cable along a length of the superconducting cable.
Claims20
A self-monitoring conducting device, comprising:
- a superconducting cable having a core and one or more layers of high-temperature superconductor (HTS) tape architecture surrounding the core;
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- a plurality of optical fibers embedded within the core of the superconducting cable, a first optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers being embedded at a first position within the core to measure a first state of the superconducting cable along a length of the superconducting cable, and a second optical fiber of the plurality of optical fibers being embedded at a second position within the core to measure a second state of the superconducting cable along the length of the superconducting cable.
A self-monitoring conducting device, comprising:
- a superconducting cable configured to be operable at about twenty (20) Tesla and above;
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- a plurality of optical fibers embedded within a core of the superconducting cable, the plurality of optical fibers being configured to monitor a state of the superconducting cable along a length of the superconducting cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.