What would be the specific applications of a room temperature superconductor?
Okay, so probably more efficient electronics and power grids, MRI machines without helium, probably easier maglev tech, ...?
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Okay, so probably more efficient electronics and power grids, MRI machines without helium, probably easier maglev tech, ...?
You’ve misunderstood me. None of those things are what that commenter is referring to. It’s not about improving another energy storage technology by using superconductors, it’s about having a room temperature, ambient pressure version of an existing technology that we already use superconductors for.
Understood, my mistake. This is pure speculation, but I doubt you'd see those in consumer electronics. Those energy storage devices would essentially be very power electromagnets and I really don't think people would be walking around with those in their pockets. I do agree that they would be super useful for grid-level energy storage though! If you can engineer around the large magnetic field they'd create it would be a super efficient energy storage device!
Also, sorry in advance - this is me being nit-picky, but that would be more analogous to replacing a battery with an inductor (not a capacitor). Inductors store energy in magnetic fields, capacitors store them in electric fields. Doesn't really matter... I'm just being pedantic.
Fair points!