Book Series: World Scientific Series in Applications of Superconductivity and Related Phenomena

Series Editor-in-Chief
Guy Deutscher
Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Email: guyde@post.tau.ac.il

As the use of renewable sources of energy – mostly wind and solar - expends, the grid structure that was built around large conventional power plants either burning fossil fuels or nuclear, needs to be modified.

Because renewable energy sources are often located far from where power is needed, new power lines need to be built, sometimes over long distances. Less power needs to be lost over these long lines. Because renewable energy is variable and at least in part unpredictable, electrical energy storage needs to be developed. Equipment needs to be better protected because of power variability.

Superconductivity can be one of the answers to these new challenges. The discovery of new superconductors able to operate at higher temperatures is making this possible. The series on New Applications of Superconductivity is aimed at making available to the scientific and engineering community the results of ongoing research whose aim is precisely to meet the challenges imposed by the unavoidable changes in the electricity grid. This Series will progressively cover the following topics:

• Nanoscale structural control of new superconductors for optimized performance
• Critical comparison between the potential of different families of high and intermediate temperature superconductors
• Fault current limiters for enhanced protection of electrical equipment
• uperconducting Magnetic Energy Storage
• Underground High power density Superconducting cables for distribution in urban high population density areas
• Simulation techniques for the design of new superconducting equipment
• DC cables for electricity transport over long distances
• Production and use of Very High Magnetic Fields
• Quantum Superconducting Computing

The electricity grid is without question the backbone of modern societies. In developed countries it is however quite old, with heavy equipment such as generators, transformers, power lines and so on often 30 years old or more. Need for replacement of a large part of this equipment is becoming acute in some areas. At the same time, modern grids are quickly developing in emerging economies. The global consequence of this state of affairs is a strongly expending market for new electrical power equipment. Part of this equipment will be based on the use of superconductivity. In addition to the foreseen change in the structure of the grid itself, this expanding market requires new tools for educating engineers towards the use of superconducting devices.

While there is an abundant literature on the new superconductors and their applications, particularly in the form of conference proceedings, there is so far no publication that is focused on specific applications as these new Series will be.

Engineers, Faculty members and students will have at their disposal comprehensive volumes where the basic knowledge now available and the latest results on each application will be at their disposable. No previous detailed exposure on superconductivity will be expected from the reader.