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Kwon, Daniel W Cryogenic Heat Pipe for Cooling High Temperature Superconductors PhD Thesis 2009, ISSN: 00112275. Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: F. Heat pipes, F. Space cryogenics, F. Superconducting magnets @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} } 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. |