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US 8,710,944 B2Granted
Superconducting magnetizer
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsErnst Wolfgang Stautner, Kiruba Sivasubramaniam Haran
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Abstract
A superconducting magnetizer includes a thermal shield disposed within a vacuum chamber. A superconducting magnet is disposed within the thermal shield and configured to generate a magnetic field in response to an electric current supplied to the superconducting magnet. A heat transfer device comprising at least one of a thermal conduction device, and a heat pipe is disposed contacting the superconducting magnet. A cryocooler is coupled to the heat transfer device and configured to cool the superconducting magnet via the heat transfer device.
Claims17
A superconducting magnetizer, comprising:
- a vacuum chamber;
- a thermal shield disposed within the vacuum chamber;
- a superconducting magnet disposed within the thermal shield and configured to generate a magnetic field in response to an electric current supplied to the superconducting magnet;
- a heat transfer device comprising a thermal conduction device and at least one heat pipe disposed contacting the superconducting magnet;
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- a cryocooler coupled to the heat transfer device and configured to cool the superconducting magnet via the heat transfer device,
- wherein thermal conduction device comprises a thermal bus coupled to the cryocooler and the superconducting magnet,
- wherein the at least one heat pipe comprises a first heat pipe disposed in an inclined position contacting the superconducting magnet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.