Superconductor and their properties

1. ‘SUPERCONDUCTOR’
A presentation by
Sabyasachi Chatterjee, Sandeep Biswas, Sandip Ghosh
Department-Electrical Engineering
Semester-5th

2. What is
‘superconductivity’?

3. History

4. • Superconductivity
was discovered by
Dutch physicist
Heike Kamerlingh
Onnes on April
8,1911.

5. How it works

6. How it works

7. Difference between normal conductor
& superconductor

8. Expulsion of magnetic field by
superconductor

9. Classification

10. Classification based on
1. Critical temperature

11. Classification based on
1. Critical temperature
2. Response to magnetic
field

12. Classification based on
critical temperature

13. Classification based on
critical temperature
1. High temperature
superconductor

14. Classification based on
critical temperature
1. High temperature
superconductor
2. Low temperature
superconductor

15. Classification based on
response to magnetic field

16. Classification based on
response to magnetic field
1. Type-I superconductor

17. Classification based on
response to magnetic field
1. Type-I superconductor
2. Type-II superconductor

20. Advantages
&
Disadvantages

21. Advantages
• Magnetic levitation
• Power & cost efficient
• Reduces the size & weight of
motors, generators & supporting
equipments

22. Disadvantages
• Extremely brittle
• Very low critical temperature
• Not applicable for consumer
electronics

23. Applications

24. Applications
• Maglev train
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
• Superconducting wire

25. Conclusion

26. Thank you.

27. Thank you.
Any query?