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Apparatus and method for cooling a super conducting machine

US8948828B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Michael Frank · Erlangen, DE
Peter van Hasselt · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 19, 2011
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 24, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02T90/40
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for cooling a super conducting machine are disclosed, in which at least two condenser areas each make thermal contact with a cold head, and in which the at least two condenser areas each have a connecting line, via which the at least two condenser areas are connected fluidically to an evaporator area. A liquid cooling fluid can be moved or pumped from at least one condenser area into the evaporator area by way of a temperature difference, and a pressure difference associated therewith, in the at least two condenser areas.

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