Two CryoTel® CT-F cryocoolers, designed and manufactured by Sunpower Inc., Athens, OH, were delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a SpaceX mission, which docked with the space station on April 20, 2014.The unmanned SpaceX mission, dubbed CRS-3, delivered 5,000 pounds of science experiments, a pair of high-tech legs for Robonaut 2,…
Japanese company claims success developing high-temperature superconducting magnet for next-generation flywheels
Editor’s note: This development may be useful to the wind industry as it looks for ways to store excess wind generated power. Essentially, the flywheel is a mechanical battery. The Railway Technical Research Institute (hereinafter called “RTRI”) and Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. have been the first in the world to succeed in developing a high-temperature