Fiber reinforced coils and structures for high temperature superconductors
AssigneeLAU Superconductors Inc.
InventorWayne Chung Wei Lau
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Abstract
A device comprises a solenoid of reinforced HTS material, wherein the solenoid of reinforced HTS material comprises a plurality continuous ordered fibers embedded in a high temperature superconducting material. A device comprises one or more coils, wherein the one or more coils comprise HTS solenoids; an armature coupled to a stem in a control valve, wherein the armature comprises a HTS solenoid; and coolant access paths, wherein the coolant access paths enable cooling the one or more coils and the armature. A device comprises a photovoltaic cell; and a parallel array of HTS solenoids, wherein the parallel array of HTS solenoids is coupled to the photovoltaic cell.
Claims16
A device, comprising:
- a rigid solenoid coil comprising a high temperature superconducting (HTS) crystal spiral having a spiral shape with spacing between adjacent spirals, wherein the crystal spiral forms a cylinder having a longitudinal axis, wherein the crystal spiral comprises a reinforcement fiber structure in the shape of a spiral embedded in an HTS material, wherein the reinforcement spiral structure comprises Silicon Carbide (SiC), and wherein the HTS material comprises one or more of the following:
- a copper oxide material, a rare earth copper oxide material (RE) BCO (e.g., (RE) Ba2Cu307), an iron arsenide material, an iron selenide material, a LaBaCuO material, a LaSrCuO material, a LaSrCaCuO material, a YBaCuO material, a BiSrCaCuO material, a TiBaCaCuO material, a HgBACaCuO material, a HgTiBaCaCuO material, a LnFeAs (O,F) material, a (Ba, K, Li, Na) FeAs material, a FeSe material, a BKBO material, a RbCsC material, a YbPdBC material, and/or a NbGe material.
A device, comprising:
- one or more rigid solenoid coils comprising a high temperature superconducting (HTS) crystal spiral having a spiral shape with spacing between adjacent spirals, wherein the crystal spiral forms a cylinder having a longitudinal axis, wherein the crystal spiral comprises a reinforcement fiber structure in the shape of a spiral embedded in an HITS material, wherein the reinforcement spiral structure comprises Silicon Carbide (SiC), and wherein the HTS material comprises one or more of the following:
- a copper oxide material, a rare earth copper oxide material (RE) BCO (e.g., (RE) Ba2Cu307), an iron arsenide material, an iron selenide material, a LaBaCuO material, a LaSrCuO material, a LaSrCaCuO material, a YBaCuO material, a BiSrCaCuO material, a TiBaCaCuO material, a HgBACaCuO material, a HgTiBaCaCuO material, a LnFeAs (O,F) material, a (Ba, K, Li, Na) FeAs material, a FeSe material, a BKBO material, a RbCsC material, a YbPdBC material, and/or a NbGe material;
- an armature coupled to a stem in a control valve, wherein the armature comprises a solenoid;
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- coolant access paths, wherein the coolant access paths enable cooling the one or more coils and the armature.
A device, comprising:
- a photovoltaic cell;
- and
- a parallel array of rigid solenoid comprising a high temperature superconducting (HTS) crystal spiral having a spiral shape with spacing between adjacent spirals, wherein the parallel array is coupled to the photovoltaic cell, wherein the each coil forms a cylinder having a longitudinal axis, wherein the crystal spiral comprises a reinforcement fiber structure in the shape of a spiral embedded in an HITS material, wherein a the reinforcement spiral structure comprises Silicon Carbide (SiC), and wherein the HTS material comprises one or more of the following:
- a copper oxide material, a rare earth copper oxide material (RE) BCO (e.g., (RE) Ba2Cu3O7), an iron arsenide material, an iron selenide material, a LaBaCuO material, a LaSrCuO material, a LaSrCaCuO material, a YBaCuO material, a BiSrCaCuO material, a TiBaCaCuO material, a HgBACaCuO material, a HgTiBaCaCuO material, a LnFeAs (O,F) material, a (Ba, K, Li, Na) FeAs material, a FeSe material, a BKBO material, a RbCsC material, a YbPdBC material, and/or a NbGe material.
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