Gas-cooled bushing in cryotanks for superconducting applications
US5720173A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 1995 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E40/60
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cooling device for cooling of current leads (6, 7) in the bushings of a cryotank (1), wherein the current leads in the gas-filled part of the cryotank are designed as plate-formed sub-leads (12) surrounded by a casing (8) of insulating material with an inner open part of rectangular shape. Between all the sub-leads inside the cryotank there are arranged a number of rows of inclined transverse ribs (13a, 13b, . . . 13n, 14a, 14b . . . 14n) of insulating material. On the inner walls of the casing, facing the plate edges of the sub-leads, and at the ends of the transverse ribs, shelves (15, 16) are fixed whereby spiral cooling coils are formed around the current leads from the lower edge of the casing.
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