Publications

@phdthesis{kwonCryogenicHeatPipe2009,
title = {Cryogenic Heat Pipe for Cooling High Temperature Superconductors},
author = {Daniel W Kwon},
doi = {10.1016/j.cryogenics.2009.07.005},
issn = {00112275},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
volume = {49},
number = {9},
abstract = {The research in this paper investigates a consumable-free method of operating a high temperature superconducting (HTS) coil in space. The HTS wire resides inside a cryogenic heat pipe which is used for isothermalization. This paper presents the design, implementation, and testing of a cryogenic heat pipe for cooling high temperature superconductors. As a proof-of-concept, an 86 cm long straight heat pipe was constructed and enclosed two straight lengths of HTS wire. The working fluid, at saturation condition, maintains a constant temperature below the HTS wire critical temperature. Testing of the heat pipe in a vacuum chamber was conducted to verify the drop in HTS resistance correlating to the wire operating in a superconducting state. textcopyright 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.},
keywords = {F. Heat pipes, F. Space cryogenics, F. Superconducting magnets},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {phdthesis}
}