Superconducting cable joint structure
AssigneesSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
InventorsYuuichi Ashibe, Yoshihisa Takahashi, Shoichi Honjo, Keisuke Etoh
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Abstract
A superconducting cable joint structure is a structure used to joint together superconducting cables used at cryogenic temperature or to joint together a terminal of the superconducting cable and a normal conducting cable, and it includes a joint insulation layer arranged radially outer than a portion connecting the superconducting cables' respective conductors together or the superconducting cable's conductor and the normal conducting cable's conductor together, and at least one coolant path provided at the joint insulation layer to cool the portion connecting the conductors together. The cable cores can have their connection prevented from generating heat to have an increased temperature.
Claims21
A structure jointing together a terminal of a superconducting cable and a normal conducting cable, the structure comprising:
- a joint insulation layer provided in contact with an external circumference of a conductor connection connecting together a conductor of said superconducting cable and a conductor of said normal conducting cable;
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- at least a single coolant path provided within said joint insulation layer to cool said conductor connection.
A structure jointing together a first superconducting cable and a second superconducting cable that are used at cryogenic temperatures, the structure comprising:
- a joint insulation layer provided in contact with an external circumference of a conductor connection connecting together a conductor of said first superconducting cable and a conductor of said second superconducting cable;
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- at least a single coolant path provided within said joint insulation layer to cool said conductor connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.