SBIR/STTR Research Award
YBCO Coated Conductors with Reduced AC Losses
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- 2003-12-08
- Contract end date
- 2004-08-08
- UEI
- CA6KHVAFESK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- AF03T023
Research abstract
This Phase I Project will produce RABiTS-based YBCO CCs which are suitable for the manufacture of YBCO Coated Conductors with reduced AC losses. The improvements are based on a novel approach in the production of elements of the conductor. Anticipated AC losses will be analyzed for magnetic field and frequency conditions resembling those experienced by synchronous generator windings and air core transformers. The improved substrates and the implications of the analysis will be included in further Coated Conductor production, scale-up, process optimization and CC design in the Phase II. The proposed work will lead to significant improvements in YBCO Coated Conductors allowing usage in generators and transformers that experience relatively high magnetic fields and enhanced frequencies.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- YBCO Coated Conductors with Reduced AC Losses
- Calculation and Testing of Alternating Current (AC) Losses in Coated Conductors and the Development of Practical Conductors and Coils for Operational
- Alternating Current (AC) Losses Associated with High Temperature Superconductors
Research funding history
88 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2023). Reported award amounts total $22,941,409. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture