2016 Participants
Angus Richman
Power distribution networks are moving from conventional copper based wiring to superconductors in order to increase efficiency and power density. Whilst superconductors are capable of handling currents over 100 times that of an identically sized copper wire, the challenge of integrating them in to a network to distribute power has not yet been thoroughly investigated. In particular, conventional electrical engineering principles cannot identify where current flows at a junction between three conductors. Hence this project seeks to identify for the first time, the current flows at such a junction and match this to advanced quantum theory
Funding source: Newcastle University
Supervisor: Dr Alton Horsfall