Superconducting device for current conditioning
AssigneeBruker HTS GmbH
InventorAlexander Usoskin
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Abstract
The device has a quenchable superconductor (1), a first metallic member (2) electrically coupled with the quenchable superconductor (1), a second metallic member (3) electrically coupled to the first metallic member (2). The first metallic member (2) is thermally and electrically coupled with the quenchable superconductor (1) due to their direct surface contact. The superconducting device has a second metallic member (3) with a resistive element (4) and an electrical coupling (5) with the first metallic member (2). The resistive element (4) of the second metallic member (3) is thermally decoupled from the first metallic member (2). The first metallic member (2) has a substantially higher electrical resistance compared to the second metallic member (3).
Claims23
A superconducting device for current conditioning comprising
- a quenchable superconductor which is capable to quench from a superconducting state comprising zero resistance to a quenched state comprising a non-zero resistance when the transporting current exceeds a critical value,
- a first metallic member electrically coupled with the quenchable superconductor, and thermally coupled with the quenchable superconductor, wherein
- the superconducting device comprises a second metallic member comprising a resistive element and means for electrical coupling the resistive element with the first metallic member,
- the resistive element of the second metallic member is thermally decoupled from the first metallic member,
- the first metallic member comprises a substantially higher electrical resistance compared to the second metallic member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.