EU Horizon 2020 project “FastGrid” has the goal to develop a superconductor for the use in a high voltage Fault-Current-Limiter.
The current project status and reached milestones are communicated through newsletters.
In the 4th newsletter the development of a new hot spot detection technique using optical fibers by EPFL is highlighted. This innovation is a significant game changer allowing a speedy and extremely simple detection of even a single hotspot in the tape within 10 ms. It can be used in a wide range of superconducting applications.
The 4th FastGrid Newsletter can be downloaded here: https://www.fastgrid-h2020.eu/en/News-list-with-fastgrid-news-36,269.html