High-temperature superconductors (HTS) promise to revolutionize high-power applications like wind generators, DC power cables, particle accelerators, and fusion energy devices. A practical HTS cable must not degrade under severe mechanical, electrical, and thermal conditions; have simple, low-resistance, and manufacturable electrical joints; high thermal stability; and rapid detection of thermal runaway quench events. We have designed and experimentally qualified a vacuum pressure impregnated, insulated, partially transposed, extruded, and roll-formed (VIPER) cable that simultaneously satisfies all of these requirements for the first time. VIPER cable critical currents are stable over thousands of mechanical cycles at extreme electromechanical force levels, multiple cryogenic thermal cycles, and dozens of quench-like transient events. Electrical joints between VIPER cables are simple, robust, and demountable. Two independent, integrated fiber-optic quench detectors outperform st...

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VIPER：工业上可扩展的大电流高温超导体电缆

高温超导体（HTS）有望彻底改变风力发电机，直流电源线，粒子加速器和聚变能设备等大功率应用。实用的HTS电缆在严格的机械，电气和热条件下不得降解。具有简单，低电阻且可制造的电气接头；高热稳定性；快速检测热失控淬火事件。我们已经设计并通过实验验证了一种真空压力浸渍，绝缘，部分移位，挤压和卷制成形（VIPER）电缆，该电缆同时首次满足所有这些要求。VIPER电缆的临界电流在极端的机电力水平，数千个低温热循环以及数十个类似骤冷的瞬态事件的数千个机械循环中保持稳定。VIPER电缆之间的电气接头简单，坚固且可拆卸。两个独立的集成式光纤淬火检测器的性能优于标准的...