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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Xianrui Huang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kiruba Haran Sivasubramaniam, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James William Bray, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Thomas Ryan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James Michael Fogarty, Schenectady, NY (US);
Albert Eugene Steinbach, Schenectady, NY (US);
Xianrui Huang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kiruba Haran Sivasubramaniam, Clifton Park, NY (US);
James William Bray, Niskayuna, NY (US);
David Thomas Ryan, Niskayuna, NY (US);
James Michael Fogarty, Schenectady, NY (US);
Albert Eugene Steinbach, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for protecting a superconductor. The system may comprise a current sensor operable to detect a current flowing through the superconductor. The system may comprise a coolant temperature sensor operable to detect the temperature of a cryogenic coolant used to cool the superconductor to a superconductive state. The control circuit is operable to estimate the superconductor temperature based on the current flow and the coolant temperature. The system may also be operable to compare the estimated superconductor temperature to at least one threshold temperature and to initiate a corrective action when the superconductor temperature exceeds the at least one threshold temperature.