Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080197633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SUPERCONDUCTING GENERATOR DRIVEN BY WIND TURBINE - A generator including: an annular armature connectable to rotate with blades of a wind turbine; an annular stationary field winding assembly coaxial with the armature and separated by a gap from an inside surface of the armature, wherein the field winding include superconducting coils, and support structure connectable to an upper region of a tower of the wind turbine. | 08-21-2008 |
20090186769 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE WIRE, PROCESSES OF MANUFACTURE AND USES THEREOF - An electrical component comprises a superconductive wire, the wire comprising a first wire segment joined to a second wire segment, wherein the first wire segment and the second wire segment differ in at least one property selected from the group consisting of magnetic field tolerance, temperature tolerance, ac loss, and strain tolerance, and wherein the magnetic field tolerance is measured by the relationship of critical current Ic to magnetic field H at a given temperature T below critical temperature Tc, the temperature tolerance is measured by the relationship of critical current Ic to temperature T at a given magnetic field below critical magnetic field Hc, the ac loss is measured by the amount of ac loss versus the frequency and magnitude of applied ac currents and fields, and the strain tolerance is measured by critical current Ic degradation with strain. | 07-23-2009 |
20090237845 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING PROTECTION OF SUPERCONDUCTING GENERATORS FOR POWER APPLICATIONS - A system for protecting superconducting generator field coils including a controller configured to monitor for a quenching of a superconducting field coil of a generator and control a dissipation of a current flow in the superconducting field coil in an event of the quenching, and an armature coil of the generator configured to cause the dissipation of the current flow in the superconducting field coil responsive to the controller in the event of the quenching of the superconducting field coil. A method for protecting superconducting generator field coils including monitoring for a quenching of a superconducting field coil of a generator, and dissipating a current flow in the superconducting field coil via an armature coil of the generator in response to a detection of the quenching. | 09-24-2009 |
20100033037 | Shielding of superconducting field coil in homopolar inductor alternator - A superconducting field coil assembly includes a superconducting field coil disposed within a vacuum insulated electro-magnetic (EM) shielded cryostat. A water cooling jacket is thermally integrated with the outer surface of the EM shielded cryostat. | 02-11-2010 |
20100089073 | High temperature superconducting magnet - A high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnet coil disposed within a cryostat is configured with a thermo-siphon cooling system containing a liquid cryogen. The cooling system is configured to indirectly conduction cool the HTS magnet coil by nucleate boiling of the liquid cryogen that is circulated by the thermo-siphon in a cooling tube attached to a heat exchanger bonded to the outside surface of the HTS magnet coil. A supply dewar is configured with a re-condenser cryocooler coldhead to recondense boiloff vapors generated during the nucleate boiling process. | 04-15-2010 |
20100096944 | Multi-turn, stranded coils for generators - A technique for winding multi-turn, stranded wire coils using rectangular cables avoids the risk of damage associated with edge-wise bends. | 04-22-2010 |
20100199488 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A ROTOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE - An electrical machine includes a stator and a rotor. The stator has a central opening that is configured to receive the rotor. The rotor includes a generally cylindrical first section comprising a first material mounted on an axially extending shaft within the central opening. The rotor further includes a second section having a second material of a predetermined thickness that is plated integrally over at least a portion of the first section. The second material has a higher electrical conductivity relative to the first material. | 08-12-2010 |
20110074530 | MIXED RARE-EARTH PERMANENT MAGNET AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A permanent magnet comprises boron, cobalt, a metallic alloy component, about 28-35 weight percent of mixed rare-earth material, and iron as a balance. The metallic alloy component is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, copper, niobium, gallium, vanadium, chromium, zirconium, and combinations thereof. The mixed rare-earth material comprises light rare-earth material and heavy rare-earth material. The light rare-earth material comprises at least about 50 weight percent of praseodymium and about 5-50 weight percent of neodymium. The heavy rare-earth material comprises dysprosium or a combination of dysprosium and terbium. The mixed rare-earth material comprises about 3-45 weight percent of heavy rare-earth material. A sum of intrinsic coercivity in the unit of kilo Oersted (kOe) and maximum energy product in unit of mega gauss Oersteds (MGOe) of the permanent magnet is at least about 55. | 03-31-2011 |