Conclusions and Summary
VLHC based on a common coil magnet system
A new magnet and machine design for a possible lower cost VLHC.
A conductor friendly approach for using “brittle” and “high magnetization” conductors. Hope it will allow using HTS and/or Nb3Sn in a competitive way.
Major issues before a large scale production based on Nb3Sn become feasible:
- Conductor cost. It must go down because
- it is higher to begin with.
- need to compensate for the complexities (cost) associated with the Nb3Sn magnets.
- How to carry out a large scale industrial production
- “Wind & React” Vs. “React & Wind”.
- React and Wind is promising because of a large bend radius and 2-d structure. However, need to have more experience/demonstration before it can be accepted.