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Composite superconductors
Assignee: Hitachi Cable Ltd
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Filing: 1981-02-10
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Granted: 1983-02-01
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Expires: 2001-02-10
Abstract
Abstract A novel composite superconductor includes a superconducting material and a normal conducting material. The composite superconductor has a number of closely spaced grooves on a surface being in contact with a refrigerant, and a number of ridges spaced apart from each other by the grooves and having acutely tapered ends. The surfaces of the grooves and the ridges are coated with a thin film of metal or its compound having higher heat resistance than that of the surface of the composite superconductor. Consequently, a high critical heat flux in film boiling and a high cooling capability can be provided, thereby making it possible to decrease the sectional area of the normal conducting material, to increase the effective current density and to miniaturize the size of a magnet.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshinari Ando
- 👤 Masataka Nishi
- 👤 Susumu Shimamoto
- 👤 Hiromichi Yoshida
- 👤 Takashi Suzumura
- 👤 Kimio Kakizaki
- 👤 Ryozo Yamagishi
- 👤 Hisanao Ogata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:44
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B7/00; H01B7/17; H01B7/29; H01B12/00; H01B12/02; H01B12/10; H01F; H01F6/00; H01F6/06; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E40/00; Y02E40/60; Y10; Y10S; Y10S505/00; Y10S505/825; Y10S505/884; Y10S505/887; Y10S505/917; Y10S505/918; Y10S505/928; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49014
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A composite superconductor including super-conducting material embedded in normal conducting material and having a surface adapted to be contacted by a refrigerant to cool said composite superconductor, said composite super-conductor further comprising: a plurality of closely spaced grooves formed in said surface; a plurality of ridges spaced from each other and defined by said grooves, each said ridge having an outer, acutely tapered end portion; at least said acutely tapered end portion of each of said ridges having formed therein a plurality of closely spaced notches; and at least a portion of the surfaces of said grooves, said ridges and said notches being coated with a thin film of metal or metallic compound having a higher heat resistance than that of said normal conducting material.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
A composite superconductor including super-conducting material embedded in normal conducting material and having a surface adapted to be contacted by a refrigerant to cool said composite superconductor, said composite super-conductor further comprising: a plurality of closely spaced grooves formed in said surface; a plurality of ridges spaced from each other and defined by said grooves, each said ridge having an outer, acutely tapered end portion; at least said acutely tapered end portion of each of said ridges having formed therein a plurality of closely spaced notches; and at least a portion of the surfaces of said grooves, said ridges and said notches being coated with a thin film of metal or metallic compound having a higher heat resistance than that of said normal conducting material.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
A composite superconductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of members of said superconducting material extend longitudinally through said normal conducting material, and said grooves extend in directions orthogonal to said members of superconducting material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A composite superconductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said notches are substantially V-shaped.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
A composite superconductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the depth of said notches is shallower than that of said grooves.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A composite superconductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said thin film comprises a compound of said normal conducting material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A composite superconductor as claimed in claim 5, wherein said normal conducting material comprises copper.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
A composite superconductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said grooves and said ridges are formed on a surface of said normal conducting material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A composite superconductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein said composite superconductor has a rectangular cross-section, and said grooves and said ridges are formed on the surface of one side of said section.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
60 words
A composite superconductor as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of members of said superconducting material are embedded in said normal conducting material, said normal conducting material has a rectangular cross-section, said grooves and said ridges are directly formed on the surface of one side of the rectangle, and said film comprises a compound of said normal conducting material.
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