Current limiting device with a superconductor and a control coil
AssigneesKogyo Gijutsuin, Denryoku-Chuo-Kenkyusho
InventorsToshitada Onishi, Michiharu Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Kado, Yasuo Watanabe
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Abstract
A current limiting device using a superconductor limits a current flowing throu A c5 V pV:a current limiting coil, which mangetically couples to the superconductor. A control coil is provided to magnetically couple with the current limiting coil when the superconductor is switched to a normal conduction state. A variable control impedance is connected to the control coil to adjust a control current flowing through the control coil. The current limiting impedance value of the current limiting coil is adjusted by the value of the control impedance to obtain an adjustable value of the current flowing through the current limiting coil.
Claims3
A current limiting device using a superconductor, comprising:
- a superconductor;
- a currrent source;
- a current limiting coil disposed to magnetically couple to the superconductor to flow from said current source a current to be limited by said current device;
- a control coil disposed in the current limiting device to magnetically couple to the current limiting coil thereby limiting the current to be limited to an adjusted value by controlling a magnetic flux caused by a control current flowing through said control coil when the superconductor is switched to a normal condition state then the superconduction condition of the superconductor is lost in response to the current from said current source through said current limiting coil exceeding said adjusted value;
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- a variable control impedance connected to the control void to variably adjust the control current to obtain the adjusted value of the current to be limited.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.