Cooling arrangement for a superconducting coil
Abstract
A superconducting device, such as a superconducting rotor for a generator or motor. A vacuum enclosure has an interior wall surrounding a cavity containing a vacuum. A superconductive coil is placed in the cavity. A generally-annularly-arranged, thermally-conductive sheet has an inward-facing surface contacting generally the entire outward-facing surface of the superconductive coil. A generally-annularly-arranged coolant tube contains a cryogenic fluid and contacts a generally-circumferential portion of the outward-facing surface of the sheet. A generally-annularly-arranged, thermally-insulative coil overwrap generally circumferentially surrounds the sheet. The coolant tube and the inward-facing surface of the coil overwrap together contact generally the entire outward-facing surface of the sheet.
- Inventors:
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- Niskayuna, NY
- Schenectady, NY
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 871667
- Patent Number(s):
- 5774032
- Application Number:
- 08/702879
- Assignee:
- General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01F - MAGNETS
H - ELECTRICITY H02 - GENERATION H02K - DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-93CH10589
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- cooling; arrangement; superconducting; coil; device; rotor; generator; motor; vacuum; enclosure; interior; wall; surrounding; cavity; containing; superconductive; placed; generally-annularly-arranged; thermally-conductive; sheet; inward-facing; surface; contacting; entire; outward-facing; coolant; tube; contains; cryogenic; fluid; contacts; generally-circumferential; portion; thermally-insulative; overwrap; circumferentially; surrounds; contact; cavity containing; interior wall; superconducting coil; cryogenic fluid; facing surface; coolant tube; superconducting device; surface contact; vacuum enclosure; cooling arrangement; conductive sheet; circumferentially surround; conductive coil; /335/310/505/
Citation Formats
Herd, Kenneth Gordon, and Laskaris, Evangelos Trifon. Cooling arrangement for a superconducting coil. United States: N. p., 1998.
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@article{osti_871667,
title = {Cooling arrangement for a superconducting coil},
author = {Herd, Kenneth Gordon and Laskaris, Evangelos Trifon},
abstractNote = {A superconducting device, such as a superconducting rotor for a generator or motor. A vacuum enclosure has an interior wall surrounding a cavity containing a vacuum. A superconductive coil is placed in the cavity. A generally-annularly-arranged, thermally-conductive sheet has an inward-facing surface contacting generally the entire outward-facing surface of the superconductive coil. A generally-annularly-arranged coolant tube contains a cryogenic fluid and contacts a generally-circumferential portion of the outward-facing surface of the sheet. A generally-annularly-arranged, thermally-insulative coil overwrap generally circumferentially surrounds the sheet. The coolant tube and the inward-facing surface of the coil overwrap together contact generally the entire outward-facing surface of the sheet.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1998},
month = {6}
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