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\SubmittingMemberGivenName{Paul M.}
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\Title{MgB$_(2)$ wire and its application to electric power}
\AuthorSurname{Grant}
\AuthorGivenName{Paul M.}
%\AuthorEmail{pgrant@epri.com}
\AuthorAffil{EPRI}
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\begin{abstract}
The newly discovered superconductor, MgB$_(2)$, has
significant potential for several electric power
applications, even though its critical temperature, T$_(C)$,
is “only” 39 K. Since its discovery in January, 2001, barely
15 months ago, there has been rapid improvement in the
critical state parameters of MgB$_(2)$, J$_(C)$ and H*,
properties crucial to deployment in power devices, which now
rival NbTi at 4.2 K, and equal or surpass many of the high
temperature superconducting copper oxide perovskites in the
20 – 25 K range. Also substantial progress has been achieved
within this period realizing wire embodiments that appear
economically scalable to commercial production. In this
talk, we will review several opportunities to exploit these
developments for transformer, motor and electric cable
applications, and discuss a visionary power delivery system
centered on an MgB$_(2)$-based dc cable cooled by gaseous or
liquid hydrogen supplying both electrical and chemical
energy to the end user.
\end{abstract}
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