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If you had pure copper conductors could you even get enough into a 1 meter space to conduct that much power? If we're going to need high temperature supercondu
by sparker72678 4y ago
If you had pure copper conductors could you even get enough into a 1 meter space to conduct that much power?
If we're going to need high temperature superconductors and fusion power, this isn't the first thing I'd use it for.
(I can't deny the fun factor of this, though.)
- Schroedingersat 4y agoAn 1cm-ish thick copper cable can handle about a kiloAmp without melting. At 10kV you'd need 12 of them, so call it a 5cm thick bundle with some kind of cooling for the 1m tunnel that needs 120MW.