Cooling system for superconducting magnet
Abstract
A cooling system is configured to control the flow of a refrigerant by controlling the rate at which the refrigerant is heated, thereby providing an efficient and reliable approach to cooling a load (e.g., magnets, rotors). The cooling system includes a conduit circuit connected to the load and within which a refrigerant circulates; a heat exchanger, connected within the conduit circuit and disposed remotely from the load; a first and a second reservoir, each connected within the conduit, each holding at least a portion of the refrigerant; a heater configured to independently heat the first and second reservoirs. In a first mode, the heater heats the first reservoir, thereby causing the refrigerant to flow from the first reservoir through the load and heat exchanger, via the conduit circuit and into the second reservoir. In a second mode, the heater heats the second reservoir to cause the refrigerant to flow from the second reservoir through the load and heat exchanger via the conduit circuit and into the first reservoir.
- Inventors:
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- Wellesley, MA
- Framingham, MA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- RELIANCE ELECTRIC CO
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872036
- Patent Number(s):
- 5848532
- Assignee:
- American Superconductor Corporation (Westborough, MA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC36-93CH10580
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- cooling; superconducting; magnet; configured; control; flow; refrigerant; controlling; rate; heated; providing; efficient; reliable; approach; load; magnets; rotors; conduit; circuit; connected; circulates; heat; exchanger; disposed; remotely; reservoir; holding; portion; heater; independently; reservoirs; mode; heats; causing; via; superconducting magnet; circuit connected; heat exchange; heat exchanger; /62/
Citation Formats
Gamble, Bruce B, and Sidi-Yekhlef, Ahmed. Cooling system for superconducting magnet. United States: N. p., 1998.
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Gamble, Bruce B, & Sidi-Yekhlef, Ahmed. Cooling system for superconducting magnet. United States.
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"Cooling system for superconducting magnet". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872036.
@article{osti_872036,
title = {Cooling system for superconducting magnet},
author = {Gamble, Bruce B and Sidi-Yekhlef, Ahmed},
abstractNote = {A cooling system is configured to control the flow of a refrigerant by controlling the rate at which the refrigerant is heated, thereby providing an efficient and reliable approach to cooling a load (e.g., magnets, rotors). The cooling system includes a conduit circuit connected to the load and within which a refrigerant circulates; a heat exchanger, connected within the conduit circuit and disposed remotely from the load; a first and a second reservoir, each connected within the conduit, each holding at least a portion of the refrigerant; a heater configured to independently heat the first and second reservoirs. In a first mode, the heater heats the first reservoir, thereby causing the refrigerant to flow from the first reservoir through the load and heat exchanger, via the conduit circuit and into the second reservoir. In a second mode, the heater heats the second reservoir to cause the refrigerant to flow from the second reservoir through the load and heat exchanger via the conduit circuit and into the first reservoir.},
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