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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2019
Tokamak Energy Ltd, Abingdon, GB;
Greg Brittles, Abingdon, GB;
Robert Slade, Abingdon, GB;
Marcel Kruip, Abingdon, GB;
Bas Van Nugteren, Abingdon, GB;
Tokamak Energy Ltd., Abington, GB;
Abstract
A monitoring device for use in a cryogenic system. The monitoring device comprises first and second conducting elements and a current detector. The first conducting element comprises high temperature superconducting, HTS, material and is configured for connection to a current source and insertion into the cryogenic system. The second conducting element comprises HTS material and is connected in parallel to the first conducting element by first and second joints. The current detector is configured to detect a current in the second conducting element. When the HTS material in each of the first and second conducting elements is in a superconducting state, the resistance, R, of the first conducting element between the first and second joints, is less than the sum, R, of the resistance of the second conducting element between the first and second joints and the resistances of the first and second joints.