Using energy & resources more efficiently is one of the major challenges worldwide. The vanishing resistance & high current-carrying capacity of superconductors mean that a wide range of applications in energy, industry, research & mobility can be made much more compact & efficient.
High-Temperature Superconductivity
High-temperature superconductivity is in the spotlight as it accelerates the massive integration of renewable energies, for example with lightweight and efficient wind turbines, compact underground cables and new fault current limiters.
It is also a key technology for improving energy and resource efficiency, e.g. through magnetic heating in industrial applications, levitation in transportation, and an enabler for disruptive technologies.
However, superconducting applications still require improved material properties as well as tailored material and conductor concepts. A general challenge in this field is the development of new and advanced simulation tools that can be adapted to the Industry 4.0 standard and recent developments in digitalization. These findings must be adapted in a multidisciplinary approach to develop large-scale demonstrators and prototypes that are tested and operated under real conditions.
Development of hybrid designs for HP electric motors, 3D printed & fiber composite-metal hybrid designs, for use in cryogenic applications in H2 atmospheres.
SuperLink - Inner-city HTS high-voltage cable (110 kV, 500 MVA) to safeguard critical infrastructure in the course of the energy transition in Munich. SWM @youtube BMWi Grant: 03EN2036E
Press release BMWi
Development of a superconducting (2G HTS) high current system for 200 kA DC short distance transmission in industry @70 K. Energy saving ind. processes (BMWi) Grant: 03ET1670B
Project website
Robust & low-maintenance magnetic heater with high-temp. superconductor coils for hot forming processes. Energy Technologies (BMWi) Grant: 03ET1651A | Presentation @ZIEHL 03/2020
German Energy Solutions Initiative
FET-OPEN Challenging Current Thinking Project: filling the gap between research & application, towards the development of a first-of-its-kind demonstrator implementing active magnetic shielding for the Re-entry. Grant: No 899298
https://meesst.eu/Publications
2022
Journal Articles
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Lani, A.; Sharma, V.; Giangaspero, V. F.; Poedts, S.; Viladegut, A.; Chazot, O.; Giacomelli, J.; Oswald, J.; Behnke, A.; Pagan, A. S.; Herdrich, G.; Kim, M.; Sandham, N. D.; Donaldson, N. L.; Thoemel, J.; Duncan, J. C. M.; Laur, J. S.; Schlachter, S. I.; Gehring, R.; Dalban-Canassy, M.; Tanchon, J.; Große, V.; Leyland, P.; Casagrande, A.; La Rosa Betancourt, M.; Collier-Wright, M.; Bögel, E.
A Magnetohydrodynamic enhanced entry system for space transportation: MEESST
2022. Journal of Space Safety Engineering. doi:10.1016/j.jsse.2022.11.004 -
Fink, S.; Fuhrmann, U.; Zwecker, V.
Cryogenic testing of a 25 kV RIS bushing
2022. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1240, Article no: 012148. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/1240/1/012148 -
Schlachter, S.; Brand, J.; Elschner, S.; Fink, S.; Holzapfel, B.; Kudymow, A.; Willms, J.
Test of a DC-HTS Busbar Demonstrator for Power Distribution in Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems for Aircraft
2022. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1241, Article no: 012037. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/1241/1/012037 -
Weiss, K.-P.; Hetzler, S.; Kvackaj, T.; Bidulsky, R.; Actis Grande, M.; Manfredi, D.
Cryogenic material properties of additive manufactured 316L stainless steel
2022. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1241 (1), Art.-Nr.: 012047. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/1241/1/012047 -
Hohe, J.; Schober, M.; Weiss, K.-P.; Appel, S.
Verification of Puck’s criterion for CFRP laminates under multiaxial loads at ambient and cryogenic temperatures
2022. Composites Science and Technology, 228, Article no: 109631. doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2022.109631 -
Vargas-Llanos, C. R.; Huber, F.; Riva, N.; Zhang, M.; Grilli, F.
3D homogenization of the T-A formulation for the analysis of coils with complex geometries
2022. Superconductor Science and Technology, 35 (12), 124001. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ac9932 -
Cayado, P.; Grünewald, L.; Erbe, M.; Hänisch, J.; Gerthsen, D.; Holzapfel, B.
Critical current density improvement in CSD-grown high-entropy REBaCuO- films
2022. RSC Advances, 12 (44), 28831–28842. doi:10.1039/d2ra03807b -
Santillana, I. A.; Vallone, G.; Anderssen, E.; Bermudez, S. I.; Bonnin, S.; Crouvizier, M. D.; Principe, R.; Sgobba, S.; Weiss, K. P.; Bagrets, N.; Huang, C. J.; Li, L. F.
Mechanical Characterization of Low-Carbon Steels for High-Field Accelerator Magnets: Application to NbSn Low- Quadrupole MQXF
2022. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 32 (6), Art.-Nr.: 4100507. doi:10.1109/TASC.2022.3149853 -
Santos, B. M. de O.; Santos, G. dos; Sirois, F.; Brambilla, R.; De Andrade Junior, R.; Sass, F.; Sotelo, G. G.; Grilli, F.
2D Modeling of HTS Coils with T-A Formulation: How to Handle Different Coupling Scenarios
2022. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. doi:10.1109/TASC.2022.3160512 -
Bagrets, N.; Heller, R.; Weis, J. R.; Weiss, K.-P.
Thermal Resistance Between Metallic Surfaces of Copper and Stainless Steel at Different Temperatures and Applied Forces for High Current HTS Cable-in-Conduit Conductors
2022. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 32 (6), Art.-Nr.: 8800205. doi:10.1109/TASC.2022.3154327 -
Trillaud, F.; Berrospe-Juarez, E.; Zermeño, V. M. R.; Grilli, F.
Electromagneto-mechanical model of high temperature superconductor insert magnets in ultra high magnetic fields
2022. Superconductor Science and Technology, 35 (5), 054002. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ac4b9f -
Huber, F.; Song, W.; Zhang, M.; Grilli, F.
The T-A formulation: an efficient approach to model the macroscopic electromagnetic behaviour of HTS coated conductor applications
2022. Superconductor Science and Technology, 35 (4), Artk.Nr.: 043003. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ac5163 -
Wolf, M. J.; Fietz, W. H.; Heiduk, M.; Huwer, S.; Kienzler, A.; Schlachter, S.; Vogel, T.
200 kA DC Busbar Demonstrator DEMO 200 – Conceptual Design of Superconducting 20 kA Busbar Modules Made of HTS CroCo Strands
2022. IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity. doi:10.1109/TASC.2022.3152130 -
Santos, G. D.; Martins, F. G.; Sass, F.; Sotelo, G. G.; Morandi, A.; Grilli, F.
A 3D Finite Element Method Approach for Analyzing Different Short Circuit Types in a Saturated Iron Core Fault Current Limiter
2022. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. doi:10.1109/TASC.2022.3142047
2021
Journal Articles
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Grünewald, L.; Cayado, P.; Hänisch, J.; Holzapfel, B.; Gerthsen, D.
Structural and chemical properties of superconducting rare-earth barium copper oxide/BaHfO3 nanocomposites with rare-earth mixtures
2021. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 27 (S1), 2876–2879. doi:10.1017/S1431927621010023 -
La Rosa Betancourt, M.; Collier-Wright, M.; Bögel, E.; Martin Lozano, J.; Lani, A.; Herdrich, G.; Thoemel, J.; Kim, M. K.; Magin, T.; Schlachter, S.; Tanchon, J.; Grosse, V.; Casagrande, A.
Magnetohydrodynamic Enhanced Entry System for Space Transportation (MEESST) as a Key Building Block for Future Exploration Missions
2021. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 74 (12), 448–453 -
Sander, A.; Orfila, G.; Sanchez-Manzano, D.; Reyren, N.; Mawass, M. A.; Gallego, F.; Collin, S.; Bouzehouane, K.; Höflich, K.; Kronast, F.; Grilli, F.; Rivera-Calzada, A.; Santamaria, J.; Villegas, J. E.; Valencia, S.
Superconducting imprint of magnetic textures in ferromagnets with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
2021. Scientific reports, 11 (1), Article no: 20788. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-99963-w -
Grünewald, L.; Nerz, D.; Langer, M.; Meyer, S.; Beisig, N.; Cayado, P.; Popov, R.; Hänisch, J.; Holzapfel, B.; Gerthsen, D.
Analysis of superconducting thin films in a modern FIB/SEM dual-beam instrument
2021. Microscopy and microanalysis, 27 (S1), 1056–1058. doi:10.1017/S1431927621003986 -
Díez-Sierra, J.; Rijckaert, H.; Rikel, M.; Hänisch, J.; Sadewasser, M.; Koliotassis, L.; Meledin, A.; López-Domínguez, P.; Falter, M.; Bennewitz, J.; Bäcker, M.; Driessche, I. V.
All-chemical YBaCuO coated conductors with preformed BaHfO and BaZrO nanocrystals on Ni5W technical substrate at the industrial scale
2021. Superconductor science and technology, 34 (11), 114001. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ac2495 -
Cayado, P.; Hauck, D.; Barthlott, D.; Erbe, M.; Hänisch, J.; Holzapfel, B.
Determination of the Oxygen Chain Ordering in REBaCuOby Electrical Conductivity Relaxation Measurements
2021. ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 8 (12), 5374–5382. doi:10.1021/acsaelm.1c00861 -
Liu, Y.; Grilli, F.; Cao, J.; Li, L.; Zhang, C.; Wang, M.; Xu, F.; Lin, J.; Noe, M.
An electromagnetic design of a fully superconducting generator for wind application
2021. Energies, 14 (22), 7811. doi:10.3390/en14227811 -
Riva, N.; Sirois, F.; Lacroix, C.; Pellerin, F.; Giguere, J.; Grilli, F.; Dutoit, B.
A wide range E − J constitutive law for simulating REBCO tapes above their critical current
2021. Superconductor science and technology, 34 (11), 115014. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ac2883 -
Ainslie, M.; Grilli, F.; Quéval, L.; Pardo, E.; Perez-Mendez, F.; Mataira, R.; Morandi, A.; Ghabeli, A.; Bumby, C.; Brambilla, R.
Corrigendum: A new benchmark problem for electromagnetic modelling of superconductors: the high-T superconducting dynamo (2020 Supercond. Sci. Technol. 33 105009)
2021. Superconductor science and technology, 34 (2), Art.: 029502. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/abd522 -
Arndt, T.; Holzapfel, B.; Noe, M.; Nast, R.; Hornung, F.; Kläser, M.; Kudymow, A.
New coil configurations with 2G-HTS and benefits for applications
2021. Superconductor Science and Technology, 34 (9), Art.-Nr.: 095006. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ac19f4 -
Guo, Z.; Gao, H.; Kondo, K.; Hatano, T.; Iida, K.; Hänisch, J.; Ikuta, H.; Hata, S.
Nanoscale Texture and Microstructure in a NdFeAs(O,F)/IBAD-MgO Superconducting Thin Film with Superior Critical Current Properties
2021. ACS applied electronic materials, 3 (7), 3158–3166. doi:10.1021/acsaelm.1c00364 -
Vargas-Llanos, C. R.; Lengsfeld, S.; Noe, M.; Arndt, T.; Grilli, F.
Influence of Coil Position on AC Losses of Stator Superconducting Windings of a Synchronous Machine for a 10 MW Wind Turbine
2021. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31 (7), Art. Nr.: 5206509. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3104983 -
Kolb-Bond, D.; Bird, M.; Dixon, I. R.; Painter, T.; Lu, J.; Kim, K. L.; Kim, K. M.; Walsh, R.; Grilli, F.
Screening current rotation effects: SCIF and strain in REBCO magnets
2021. Superconductor Science and Technology, 34 (9), 095004. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/ac1525 -
Bagrets, N.; Nast, R.; Fournier-Lupien, J.-H.; Sirois, F.; Celentano, G.; Weiss, K.-P.
Current transfer length and interfacial resistance between superconductors and metals in commercial REBCO tapes and cables
2021. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31 (6), Art.Nr. 9447404. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3085359 -
Dahmen, N.; Deiters, U. K.; Tuma, D.
Professor Dr. rer. nat. Gerhard Manfred Schneider (May 7, 1932 – October 16, 2020): Professor and Chair of Physical Chemistry, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany (1969-1997)
2021. The journal of supercritical fluids, 174, Art.-Nr.: 105219. doi:10.1016/j.supflu.2021.105219 -
Noe, M.; Kottonau, D.
Wirtschaftlichkeit und Systemintegration von supraleitenden 380 kV Höchstspannungskabeln [Economic efficiency and system integration of superconducting 380 kV extra high voltage cables]
2021. Automatisierungstechnik, 69 (5), 401–408. doi:10.1515/auto-2021-0017 -
Cheng, Y.; Zhang, Y.; Qu, R.; Li, D.; Liu, Y.; Noe, M.
Design and Analysis of 10 MW HTS Double-Stator Flux-Modulation Generator for Wind Turbine
2021. IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 31 (5), Art. Nr.: 9362333. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3061928 -
Riva, N.; Grilli, F.; Dutoit, B.
Superconductors for power applications: An executable and web application to learn about resistive fault current limiters
2021. European Journal of Physics, 42 (4), Art.-Nr.: 045802. doi:10.1088/1361-6404/abf0da -
Hornung, F.; Decker, M.; Eisele, M.; Gretschmann, F.; Heinrich, P.; Klaeser, M.; Lahn, H.; Leys, P.; Rossler, J.; Ruf, C.; Schneider, T.
Achievement of 26.5 T at 1.8 K and 24.0 T at 4.4 K in a Free Bore of 68 mm Diameter: Successful Commissioning of the HOMER II LTS/HTS High Field Facility Upgrade
2021. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31 (6), Art.-Nr.: 4300405. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3080077 -
Hohe, J.; Schober, M.; Fliegener, S.; Weiss, K.-P.; Appel, S.
Effect of cryogenic environments on failure of carbon fiber reinforced composites
2021. Composites Science and Technology, 212, Art.-Nr.: 108850. doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2021.108850 -
Liu, Y.; Ou, J.; Cheng, Y.; Schreiner, F.; Zhang, Y.; Vargas-Llanos, C.; Grilli, F.; Qu, R.; Doppelbauer, M.; Noe, M.
Investigation of AC loss of superconducting field coils in a double-stator superconducting flux modulation generator by using T-A formulation based finite element method
2021. Superconductor Science and Technology, 34 (5), Art.-Nr.: 055009. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/abef7e -
Arsenault, A.; Sirois, F.; Grilli, F.
Efficient modeling of high temperature superconductors surrounded by magnetic components using a reduced H-phi formulation
2021. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31 (4), Art.Nr. 6800609. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3073274 -
Zhang, H.; Wen, Z.; Grilli, F.; Gyftakis, K.; Mueller, M.
Alternating Current Loss of Superconductors Applied to Superconducting Electrical Machines
2021. Energies, 14 (8), Article no: 2234. doi:10.3390/en14082234 -
Buchholz, A.; Noe, M.; Kottonau, D.; Shabagin, E.; Weil, M.
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of a 10 kV High-Temperature Superconductor Cable System for Energy Distribution
2021. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 31 (5), Art.Nr. 4802405. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3070703 -
Yan, Y.; Qu, T.; Grilli, F.
Numerical Modeling of AC Loss in HTS Coated Conductors and Roebel Cable Using T-A Formulation and Comparison with H Formulation
2021. IEEE Access, 9, 49649–49659. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3067037 -
Riva, N.; Grilli, F.; Sirois, F.; Lacroix, C.; Akbar, A.; Dutoit, B.
Optimization Method for Extracting Stabilizer Geometry and Properties of REBCO Tapes
2021. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3063079 -
Schreiner, F.; Liu, Y.; Noe, M.
Investigation of a six pole stator system using no-insulation 2nd generation high temperature superconductor for a 10 kW generator demonstrator
2021. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3064513 -
Rijckaert, H.; Cayado, P.; Hänisch, J.; Billet, J.; Erbe, M.; Holzapfel, B.; Van Driessche, I.
Unravelling the Crystallization Process in Solution-Derived YBaCuO Nanocomposite Films with Preformed ZrO Nanocrystals via Definitive Screening Design
2021. The journal of physical chemistry letters, 12 (8), 2118–2125. doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00135 -
Iida, K.; Hänisch, J.; Kondo, K.; Chen, M.; Hatano, T.; Wang, C.; Saito, H.; Hata, S.; Ikuta, H.
High J and low anisotropy of hydrogen doped NdFeAsO superconducting thin film
2021. Scientific Reports, 11 (1), Art.-Nr.: 5636. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-85216-3 -
Berrospe-Juarez, E.; Trillaud, F.; Zermeño, V. M. R.; Grilli, F.
Advanced electromagnetic modeling of large-scale high-temperature superconductor systems based on H and T-A formulations
2021. Superconductor science and technology, 34 (4), Art. Nr.: 044002. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/abde87 -
Wolf, M. J.; Fietz, W. H.; Heiduk, M.; Lange, C.; Weiss, K.-P.
Current Redistribution in a Superconducting Multi-Strand 35 kA DC Cable Demonstrator
2021. IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 31 (5), Art. Nr.: 9366794. doi:10.1109/TASC.2021.3063071 -
Liu, Y.; Ou, J.; Gyuraki, R.; Schreiner, F.; Sousa, W. T. B. de; Noe, M.; Grilli, F.
Study of contact resistivity of a no-insulation superconducting coil
2021. Superconductor science and technology, 34 (3), 035009. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/abd14d -
Hohe, J.; Neubrand, A.; Fliegener, S.; Beckmann, C.; Schober, M.; Weiss, K.-P.; Appel, S.
Performance of fiber reinforced materials under cryogenic conditions—A review
2021. Composites / A, 141, Art.-Nr.: 106226. doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.106226 -
Grilli, F.
Calculating the full-range dynamic loss of HTS wires in an instant
2021. Superconductor science and technology, 34 (2), Art.-Nr.: 020501. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/abc7f6 -
Grünewald, L.; Langer, M.; Meyer, S.; Nerz, D.; Hänisch, J.; Holzapfel, B.; Gerthsen, D.
Structural and chemical properties of superconducting Co-doped BaFeAs thin films grown on CaF
2021. Superconductor science and technology, 34 (3), Art.Nr. 035005. doi:10.1088/1361-6668/abcecf -
Musso, A.; Breschi, M.; Ribani, P. L.; Grilli, F.
Analysis of AC loss contributions from different layers of HTS tapes using the A − V formulation model
2021. IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 31 (2), Art.Nr. 9239899. doi:10.1109/TASC.2020.3033587 -
Arsenault, A.; Sirois, F.; Grilli, F.
Implementation of the H- Formulation in COMSOL Multiphysics for Simulating the Magnetization of Bulk Superconductors and Comparison With the H-Formulation
2021. IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 31 (2), 1–11. doi:10.1109/TASC.2020.3033998 -
De Sousa, W. T. B.; Kottonau, D.; Karrari, S.; Geisbusch, J.; Noe, M.
Deployment of a Resistive Superconducting Fault Current Limiter for Improvement of Voltage Quality and Transient Recovery Voltage
2021. IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 31 (1). doi:10.1109/TASC.2020.3016460 -
Koga, N.; Nameki, T.; Umezawa, O.; Tschan, V.; Weiss, K.-P.
Tensile properties and deformation behavior of ferrite and austenite duplex stainless steel at cryogenic temperatures
2021. Materials science and engineering / A, 801, Art.-Nr.: 140442. doi:10.1016/j.msea.2020.140442 -
Hohe, J.; Schober, M.; Weiss, K.-P.; Appel, S.
Validation of Puck’s failure criterion for CFRP composites in the cryogenic regime
2021. CEAS space journal, 13, 145–153. doi:10.1007/s12567-020-00335-3
Conference Papers
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Riva, N.; Grilli, F.; Dutoit, B.
AURORA: A public applications server to introduce students to superconductivity
2021. 7th edition of the International Workshop on Numerical Modelling of High Temperature Superconductors, 22-23 June 2021, Virtual (Nancy, France). Ed.: K. Berger, 012005. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2043/1/012005 -
Grilli, F.; Abraham, S.; Brambilla, R.
AC loss calculation in high-temperature superconductor wires and windings with analytical and numerical models: Influence of J(B) dependence
2021. 33rd International Symposium on Superconductivity (ISS2020), 1-3 December 2020, Tsukuba, Japan, Art.-Nr.: 012038, Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd (IOP Publishing Ltd). doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1975/1/012038