Title :
Increase of Cooling Performance of Conduction Cooled Superconducting Coils Using High Thermal Conduction Plastic
Author :
Takao, T. ; Hachisuka, D. ; Asano, S. ; Yuhara, T. ; Goto, T. ; Yamanaka, A. ; Nishimura, A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Sophia Univ., Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We experimentally study thermal stability of conduction cooled superconducting coils from a viewpoint of structural materials of the coils. The materials are Dyneema fiber reinforced plastics (DFRPs). The DFRP has properties of high thermal conduction and negative thermal expansion. We evaluated the stability of the conduction cooled coils having DFRP bobbins with changing the DFRP´s thermal expansion. According to the experimental results, when the expansion became large, the stability also became better. It is expected that the DFRP is the effective heat sink bobbin material.
Keywords :
fibre reinforced plastics; heat conduction; heat sinks; superconducting coils; Dyneema fiber reinforced plastics; conduction cooled coils; conduction cooled superconducting coils; cooling performance; heat sink bobbin material; high thermal conduction plastic; structural materials; thermal expansion; thermal stability; Coils; Conductivity; Materials; Thermal conductivity; Thermal expansion; Thermal stability; Windings; Conduction cooling; DFRP; Dyneema; refrigerator; stability; superconducting coil;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2011.2175351