ENGINEERING
Magnetic levitation,
or ‘maglev’ trains
could transform
rail networks
commercial advantage from this technology. industry needs to take a stride forward. Für einen relativ kompakten Multi-
You could potentially replace every single Companies like Siemens, Rolls Royce, Boeing Milliarden-Markt gibt es keine Grenzen.
moving magnet machine in the world above and Philips are all working on prototypes for Für Zhiyong Hong ist dies eine verlockende
a certain power. superconducting machines. “A lot of work is Chance. Nach seinem Hochschulabschluss
ongoing, the markets are relatively small, but it in der Elektrotechnik an der Universität
“As well as transforming power generation will grow dramatically over the next few years,” von Shanghai studierte er an der Universität
in conventional power stations, wind, wave says Dr Coombs. von Nottingham und promovierte unter
and tidal power, it can help where there Betreuung von Dr. Coombs. Heute
are problems with transmission in cities From a relatively compact multi-billion arbeitet er für Magnifye. „Ich bin für
such as Tokyo, New York or London where Euro industry, the sky is the limit. Zhiyong die Konstruktion der Magnete zuständig
it is physically impossible to fit any more Hong considers it a tantalising prospect. und helfe anderen bei den Versuchen,“
conductors under the road and you need An electrical engineering graduate from the erklärt er. „Typischerweise führe ich
devices that carry more current per unit area.” University of Shanghai, he studied at the numerische Modelle für die Konstruktion
University of Nottingham before completing von Prototypen und Simulationen zur
An expanding industry a PhD under Dr Coombs’ tutelage and Ermittlung der besten Konfiguration durch.
Exciting opportunities exist for graduates now works for Magnifye. “I’m in charge of Außerdem beurteile ich die Werkstoffe
researching applications in an ever-expanding designing the magnets and I help others to zur Herstellung unseres supraleitenden
field. Research in bulk superconductors is do the experiments,” he explains. “Typically, Magneten. Dies ist ein sehr spannender
mature but in terms of wire and tapes, the I run numerical models to help design Arbeitsbereich mit enormem Potenzial,
prototypes and run simulations to see the best denn es handelt sich um eine völlig neue
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It’s a very exciting area to work in with Dr. Hong glaubt, dass dies das gesamte
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massive potential because it is a brand Konzept der Supraleitung bei elektrischen
Superconductivity new technology.” Anwendungen verändern wird, und sieht
www.esas.org/
die Ausweitung des Unternehmens als
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Dr Hong believes it will change the whole nächsten logischen Schritt an. In manchen
Engineers Technical Council on
concept of superconductivity in electrical Bereichen, z.B. supraleitenden Computern,
Superconductivity
http://ewh.ieee.org/tc/csc/index.html
applications and sees the company’s expansion mag es tiefer verwurzelte Probleme geben,
Siemens innovation
as the next logical step. There may be more wo Forscher bei ihrer Arbeit an Prozessoren
http://w1.siemens.com/innovation/en/
ingrained problems in certain areas such as der nächsten Generation noch auf ihr
The Cambridge Applied Superconductivity and
superconducting computers, where researchers Aha-Erlebnis warten, aber wir befinden
Cryoscience Group into next-generation processors are waiting uns zweifellos am Rande einer riesigen
www.msm.cam.ac.uk/ascg/lectures/
for that eureka moment, but clearly we are technologischen und wirtschaftlichen
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on the verge of enormous technological and Umwandlung. Es ist an der Zeit, unserer
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economic transformation. It is time for our Vorstellungskraft freien Lauf zu lassen.
next big imaginative leap. Resistance is futile. Widerstand ist zwecklos.
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