CEC/ICMC 2023 Abstracts & Technical Program

Session

M1Or3E: Superconductors in Space

10 Jul 2023, 16:15

319B

Conveners

M1Or3E: Superconductors in Space

• Shreyas Balachandran (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)
• Chris Kovacs (Scintillating Solutions LLC)

610. M1Or3E-01: [Invited] Superconductors as Enabling Technology for Space Transportation

Dr Matthieu Dalban-Canassy (Absolut System)

10/07/2023, 16:15

Invited Oral

Various space-technology-related applications significantly benefit from the extended availability and capabilities of High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) systems. This aspect accompanied by initial networking as well as research and development projects such as the Magnetohydrodynamic Enhanced Entry System for Space Transportation (MEESST) activity leads to the qualification of critical...

494. M1Or3E-02: [Invited] Space experiments using superconducting magnet technology

Frank Werfel (Adelwitz Technologiezentrum GmbH (ATZ))

10/07/2023, 16:35

Invited Oral

We report on bulk superconductor space experiments with the Earth’s magnetic field which has been recognized as a major task for a better understanding of our planet. In the co-operational Magvector/MFX project on the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014-2018 we studied the interaction of the fast moving Earth magnetic field with materials of variable and perfect conductivity. For this, a...

199. M1Or3E-03: [Invited] Qualification and test of space compatible superconducting current leads (REBCO) designed for adiabatic demagnetization refrigerators

Jean-Marc Duval

10/07/2023, 16:55

Invited Oral

Space telescopes are required for many astrophysics observations, either to reduce atmospheric perturbation (in the infrared spectrum) or simply to make these detections possible (in the X-Ray spectrum for example). Several missions are in development, such as Athena. Athena is a mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), with additional international contributions, dedicated to X-Ray...

553. M1Or3E-04: [Invited] Critical current stability of 2G REBCO tape for space-flight HTS leads

Ed Canavan

10/07/2023, 17:15

Invited Oral

High reliability is an essential requirement for all spaceflight hardware. XRISM, a follow-on mission to the Hitomi x-ray observatory, also uses 2G REBCO tapes as current leads for the superconducting magnets that are a key component of the Adiabatic Demagnetization Refrigerator (ADR) that cools the detector array. While the Hitomi Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) worked flawlessly in orbit,...

375. M1Or3E-05: [Invited] Design, fabrication and test of high temperature superconducting magnet for heat flux and radio blackout mitigation experiments in plasma wind tunnels

Dr Sonja Schlachter (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Technical Physics)

10/07/2023, 17:35

Invited Oral

Entering the atmosphere of a planet at high velocity poses major challenges for spacecraft. High heat fluxes caused by the compressed and partially ionized gas at the front of the spacecraft can heat the surface to temperatures, which can exceed the operational temperatures of the structure materials significantly. A thermal protection system (TPS), e.g. with ablative heat shields as in the...