US 2003/0107275 A1 · Superconductor rotor cooling system

Abstract

A system for cooling a superconductor device includes a cryocooler located in a stationary reference frame and a closed circulation system external to the cryocooler. The closed circulation system interfaces the stationary reference frame with a rotating reference frame in which the superconductor device is located. A method of cooling a superconductor device includes locating a cryocooler in a stationary reference frame, and transferring heat from a superconductor device located in a rotating reference frame to the cryocooler through a closed circulation system external to the cryocooler. The closed circulation system interfaces the stationary reference frame with the rotating reference frame.

Claims1

Dependent claims

A system for cooling a superconductor device, comprising:

a cryocooler located in a stationary reference frame, and
a closed circulation system external to the cryocooler interfacing the stationary reference frame with a rotating reference frame in which the superconductor device is located.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/128,535Filed 23 Apr 2002

Priority

26 Aug 1998

Published

12 Jun 2003

Term ends

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Classification19 codes

F28D 15/0208
In which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat pipes: using moving tubes
F25D 19/006
Arrangement or mounting of refrigeration units with respect to devices or objects to be refrigerated, e.g. infrared detectors: thermal coupling…
F28D 15/0275
In which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat pipes: arrangements for coupling heat-pipes together or with other structures, e.g. with…
F28D 15/06
In which the medium condenses and evaporates, e.g. heat pipes: control arrangements therefor

Superconductor rotor cooling system

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Superconductor rotor cooling system

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Abstract

Claims1