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Multilayer radiation shield

Patent ·
OSTI ID:988070
A power generation system including: a generator including a rotor including a superconductive rotor coil coupled to a rotatable shaft; a first prime mover drivingly coupled to the rotatable shaft; and a thermal radiation shield, partially surrounding the rotor coil, including at least a first sheet and a second sheet spaced apart from the first sheet by centripetal force produced by the rotatable shaft. A thermal radiation shield for a generator including a rotor including a super-conductive rotor coil including: a first sheet having at least one surface formed from a low emissivity material; and at least one additional sheet having at least one surface formed from a low emissivity material spaced apart from the first sheet by centripetal force produced by the rotatable shaft, wherein each successive sheet is an incrementally greater circumferential arc length and wherein the centripetal force shapes the sheets into a substantially catenary shape.
Research Organization:
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC36-02GO11100
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
Patent Number(s):
7,548,000
Application Number:
10/968,444
OSTI ID:
988070
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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