Superconducting magnet cooling system

Patent · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:862921

Vander Arend, Peter C.; Fowler, William B.

A device is provided for cooling a conductor to the superconducting state. The conductor is positioned within an inner conduit through which is flowing a supercooled liquid coolant in physical contact with the conductor. The inner conduit is positioned within an outer conduit so that an annular open space is formed therebetween. Through the annular space is flowing coolant in the boiling liquid state. Heat generated by the conductor is transferred by convection within the supercooled liquid coolant to the inner wall of the inner conduit and then is removed by the boiling liquid coolant, making the heat removal from the conductor relatively independent of conductor length.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(49-8)-3000
• Assignee: United States Energy Research and Development Administration (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 4,048,437
• Application Number: 05/584423
• OSTI ID: 862921
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1975 Jun 06
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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