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From: blarson@castor.usc.edu (Bob Larson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Superconducting Energy Storage
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Date: Fri, 29-May-87 15:49:34 EDT
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In article <15644@gatech.gatech.edu> jeff@gatech.UUCP (Jeff Lee) writes:
>I had wondered what would happen to a superconducting device that was
>carrying, ... say 10000 amps at a few volts and something went wrong
>with the coolant. 

What happens when you replace a perfect conductor with a resistor?  
Probably nothing much exciting.  (There is NO voltage across a 
superconductor.)  Any energy storage in a superconductor is in the
surrounding magnetic field, which for power transmission would
probably be minimised as much as practical.
-- 
Bob Larson
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