Superconducting magnet device, NMR device, and MRI device
AssigneeHitachi High-Tech Corporation
InventorTsuyoshi Wakuda
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Abstract
There is provided a superconducting magnet device including: a superconducting coil (main coil) in which a superconducting wire material is wound; and a persistent current switch (PCS) electrically connected in parallel with the superconducting coil with respect to an excitation power supply for the superconducting coil, in which the excitation power supply is electrically connected to the superconducting coil and the persistent current switch via a current lead, the persistent current switch is provided with a PCS heater and a PCS heater power supply for transitioning from a super-conduction state to a normal conduction state, and a current supplied to the PCS heater winding from the PCS heater power supply flows to the heater via at least a part of the current lead.
Claims16
A superconducting magnet device comprising a superconducting coil in which a superconducting wire material is wound, and a persistent current switch electrically connected in parallel with the superconducting coil with respect to an excitation power supply for the superconducting coil, wherein
- the excitation power supply is electrically connected to the superconducting coil and the persistent current switch via a current lead,
- the persistent current switch is provided with a heater and a heater driving power supply for transitioning from a super-conduction state to a normal conduction state, and
- a current supplied to the heater from the heater driving power supply flows to the heater via at least a part of the current lead.
A superconducting magnet device comprising a superconducting coil in which a superconducting wire material is wound, an excitation power supply for exciting the superconducting coil, and a current lead electrically connecting the superconducting coil and the excitation power supply, wherein
- a winding of the superconducting wire material is provided with a heater and a heater driving power supply for partially or entirely transitioning from a super-conduction state to a normal conduction state, and
- a current supplied to the heater from the heater driving power supply flows to the heater via at least a part of the current lead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.