Objective HIPERMAG aims to develop the recently discovered super conducting material Mob into a technical superconductor. This new material has the potential to become the conductor of choice in various existing applications, as well as to play a pivotal role in the breakthrough of super conducting technology in the energy domain. A key advantage of Mob over low temperature superconductors is its higher operating temperature, reachable with liquid-cryogen free coolers. This lowers cooling cost, simplifies system design and increases safety. Within a decade, Mob will replace Bit in all applications involving medium-range magnetic fields. The most significant of these is medical MRI, a substantial market in which European companies have a dominant position. Maintaining this competitiveness calls for European research to be at the fore of these developments. Compared to high temperature superconductors, Mob conductors will be a factor 10 less expensive. Presently, the cost of HTS wires slows down the penetration of super conducting technology in the energy domain, where superconductors offer substantial savings in monetary and ecological terms as well as additional functionality. The availability of a suitable low-cost conductor will greatly accelerate this evolution. However, before it can realise this double potential, the performance of Mob has to be enhanced in two respects. Firstly, the maximum magnetic field at which it can operate needs to be increased by modifying the structure-structure of the Mob crystallites inside the super conducting filaments. The effectiveness of such composites-composites has been demonstrated on a lab-scale, but now needs to be obtained with scaleable, low-cost processes. Secondly, the maximum current that Mob conductors carry is presently limited by thermal instabilities. These can be reduced through careful design of the conductors composite microstructure. Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturegrains and oilseedsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and filmsengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materialsengineering and technologymaterials engineeringceramicsnatural sciencesphysical scienceselectromagnetism and electronicssuperconductivity Keywords MgB2 Nanotechnology composites micro micro-composites nano nano-composites technical superconductors Programme(s) FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) NMP-2002-3.4.2.3-2 - New knowledge-based higher performance materials for macro-scale applications Call for proposal FP6-2002-NMP-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator UNIVERSITY TWENTE EU contribution No data Address Drienerloolaan 1 ENSCHEDE Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all INSTYTUT WYSOKICH CISNIEN POLSKIEJ AKADEMI NAUK Poland EU contribution No data Address Sokolowska 29/37 WARSAW See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Edgbaston BIRMINGHAM See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING OF THE SLOVAK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Slovakia EU contribution No data Address Dubravska cesta 9 BRATISLAVA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Weberstr. 5 KARLSRUHE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE Italy EU contribution No data Address Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 ROMA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY Denmark EU contribution No data Address Frederiksborgvej 399 ROSKILDE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address South Kensington campus LONDON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Highfield SOUTHAMPTON See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA Spain EU contribution No data Address Pedro Cerbuna, 12 ZARAGOZA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DANMARKS TEKNISKE UNIVERSITET (TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK) Denmark EU contribution No data Address Anker Engelunds Vej 1 KGS. 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