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Granted Patent B2
US 11,972,898 · App. 16/609,846 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Superconducting magnet

Inventors: Hideaki Maeda (Wako, JP); Yoshinori Yanagisawa (Wako, JP); Kotaro Ohki (Osaka, JP); Tatsuoki Nagaishi (Osaka, JP)
Assignees: RIKEN; Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
H01F6/06H01F6/04
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Patent No.
US 11,972,898
App. No.
16/609,846
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A superconducting magnet according to one embodiment includes: a coil including a superconducting layer having a first portion and a second portion, and a joining portion; and a cryostat in which the coil is stored. The first portion and the second portion are located in a termination portion. The superconducting layer forms a closed loop by superconducting joining of the first portion and the second portion at the joining portion. The superconducting layer is made of a high-temperature superconductor. A current flows through the joining portion in a superconducting state when a magnetic field equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 5.0 tesla is applied to the joining portion at 77 kelvin. The cryostat is configured such that a temperature inside the cryostat is equal to or greater than 2.0 kelvin and equal to or less than 77 kelvin.

Claims (41)

1. A superconducting magnet comprising:

a coil including

a superconducting layer having a first portion and a second portion, and

a joining portion; and

a cryostat in which the coil is stored, wherein

the first portion and the second portion are located in a termination portion of the coil,

the superconducting layer forms a closed loop by superconducting-joining of the first portion and the second portion at the joining portion,

the superconducting layer is made of a high-temperature superconductor,

a current flows through the joining portion in a superconducting state when a magnetic field equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 5.0 tesla is applied to the joining portion at 77 kelvin,

the cryostat is configured such that a temperature inside the cryostat is equal to or greater than 2.0 kelvin and equal to or less than 77 kelvin,

the coil is a double pancake coil,

the joining portion is disposed at a position where a strength of a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the coil is equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 5.0 tesla and where a distance from an outer circumferential surface of the coil is equal to or greater than 0.125 times and equal to or less than 0.75 times as large as a coil diameter of the coil, and

the joining portion is disposed proximal to the outer circumferential surface of the coil.

2. The superconducting magnet according to claim 1 , wherein

the high-temperature superconductor is a REBCO, and

the joining portion further includes a joining layer formed of the high-temperature superconductor and disposed between the first portion and the second portion.

3. The superconducting magnet according to claim 2 , wherein the joining layer is disposed such that a crystal orientation of the joining layer extends along a crystal orientation of each of the first portion and the second portion.

4. The superconducting magnet according to claim 1 , further comprising a magnetic shield that is disposed inside the cryostat so as to cover the joining portion, the magnetic shield being configured to decrease a strength of a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the coil, wherein

the joining portion is disposed at a position where the strength of the magnetic field generated by the current flowing through the coil is equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 10 tesla.

5. The superconducting magnet according to claim 1 , wherein

a current flows through the joining portion in the superconducting state when a magnetic field equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 10 tesla is applied to the joining portion at 4.2 kelvin,

the cryostat is configured such that the temperature inside the cryostat is equal to or greater than 2.0 kelvin and equal to or less than 4.2 kelvin, and

the joining portion is disposed at a position where a strength of a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the coil is equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 10 tesla.

6. The superconducting magnet according to claim 1 , wherein

a current flows through the joining portion in the superconducting state when a magnetic field equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 10 tesla is applied to the joining portion at 50 kelvin,

the cryostat is configured such that the temperature inside the cryostat is greater than 4.2 kelvin and equal to or less than 50 kelvin, and

the joining portion is disposed at a position where a strength of a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the coil is equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 10 tesla.

7. The superconducting magnet according to claim 1 , wherein a joining interface between the first portion and the second portion is disposed in parallel to a direction of a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the coil.

8. A superconducting magnet comprising:

a coil including

a superconducting layer having a first portion and a second portion, and

a joining portion; and

a cryostat in which the coil is stored, wherein

the first portion and the second portion are located in a termination portion of the coil,

the superconducting layer forms a closed loop by superconducting-joining of the first portion and the second portion at the joining portion,

the superconducting layer is made of a high-temperature superconductor,

a current flows through the joining portion in a superconducting state when a magnetic field equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 5.0 tesla is applied to the joining portion at 77 kelvin, and

the cryostat is configured such that a temperature inside the cryostat is equal to or greater than 2.0 kelvin and equal to or less than 77 kelvin,

the coil is a solenoid coil,

the joining portion is disposed at a position where a distance from an end of the coil in a coil length direction is equal to or greater than 0.033 times and equal to or less than 0.23 times as large as a coil length of the coil and where a strength of a magnetic field generated by a current flowing through the coil is equal to or greater than 1.0 tesla and equal to or less than 5.0 tesla, and

the joining portion is disposed proximal to the end of the coil in the coil length direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2019
From: MAEDA, HIDEAKI; YANAGISAWA, YOSHINORI; OHKI, KOTARO; NAGAISHI, TATSUOKI
To: RIKEN; SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050881/0102 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-096718 · May 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200075207A1 · Mar 5, 2020