Superconducting magnetic energy storage apparatus structural support system

Patent · 31 December 1991

OSTI ID:868301

Withers, Gregory J ^[1]; Meier, Stephen W ^[1]; Walter, Robert J ^[2]; Child, Michael D ^[3]; DeGraaf, Douglas W ^[4]

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1. Bolingbrook, IL
2. Batavia, IL
3. Naperville, IL
4. Downers Grove, IL

A superconducting magnetic energy storage apparatus comprising a cylindrical superconducting coil; a cylindrical coil containment vessel enclosing the coil and adapted to hold a liquid, such as liquefied helium; and a cylindrical vacuum vessel enclosing the coil containment vessel and located in a restraining structure having inner and outer circumferential walls and a floor; the apparatus being provided with horizontal compression members between (1) the coil and the coil containment vessel and (2) between the coil containment vessel and the vacuum vessel, compression bearing members between the vacuum vessel and the restraining structure inner and outer walls, vertical support members (1) between the coil bottom and the coil containment vessel bottom and (2) between the coil containment vessel bottom and the vacuum vessel bottom, and external supports between the vacuum vessel bottom and the restraining structure floor, whereby the loads developed by thermal and magnetic energy changes in the apparatus can be accommodated and the structural integrity of the apparatus be maintained.

• Assignee: Chicago Bridge and Iron Technical Services (Oak Brook, IL)
• Patent Number(s): US 5115219
• OSTI ID: 868301
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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