PRESENTATION
SCOPE
The 2nd generation of high temperature superconductors, coated conductors (CC), have experienced a remarkable advancement in R&D and processing as well as in applications. CC will have a large impact on electrical and power engineering devices such as cables, fault current limiters, feeder lines, motors, generators and transformers, and on transportation and processing technologies as well as magnet systems, e.g. for medical diagnostics. The benefits of employing CC in future novel systems are lower costs, reduced energy consumption, higher efficiency of components with reduced volume and weight (thereby saving resources), fewer environmental concerns, and new functionalities. CCA 2009 will continue a series of international topical workshops on CCs for applications. The series was initiated in 2000 at the University of Göttingen, Germany, followed by workshops at Honolulu, Hawaii (2001), Gatlinburg, USA (2002), Orta S. Giulio, Italy (2003), Oiso Prince Hotel near Kamakura, Japan (2004), Santa Fe, USA (2005), Schloss Monrepos, Ludwigsburg, Germany (2006) and Jeju Island, Korea (2007), Houston (2008).
The venue at Barcelona will provide an atmosphere for intense discussions on substrate materials and buffer layers, processing technologies and strategies toward improved critical current performance and requirements and designs of CC for applications and future opportunities.
GOAL
The overall goal of CCA2009 is to establish the basic coated conductor (CC) characteristics necessary for use in the fabrication of practical HTS devices, and to identify the most efficient and effective means to achieve them. To realize these goals, requirements for practical HTS devices must first be established. The workshop program committee has, therefore, limited the scope to several areas of conductor development that are generally agreed upon as the top priority items to be addressed from a wire developer’s point of view. It is critical to solicit feedback from device manufacturers on these wire development efforts and of final superconducting device users.
