SMES: Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage

Abstract

The Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) of the U.S. Department of Defense needed a technology that could provide sudden bursts of energy for a ground-based laser. Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) a technology envisioned in 1969 showed many promises. With this technology researchers could potentially use the concept of superconductivity as a basis to store energy -- which later could efficiently supply very high power.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA338581

Entities

Organizations

  • Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Command And Control
  • Composite Materials
  • Efficiency
  • Electricity
  • Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • Energy Systems
  • High Temperature
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Storage
  • Transmission Lines
  • Transportation
  • United States
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Solar Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Pulsed-Laser Deposition