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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2010
Tao Zhang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xianrui Huang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yan Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson, Stephentown, NY (US);
Tao Zhang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Xianrui Huang, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, Schenectady, NY (US);
Yan Zhao, Shanghai, CN;
Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson, Stephentown, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for cooling a superconducting magnet enclosed in a cryostat includes introducing a gas into a cooling path in the cryostat from an input portion into a cooling path cooled by a refrigerator outside the cryostat. A heat exchanger inside the cryostat above the magnet cools the gas. The cooled gas flows through a magnet cooling tube contacting the magnet. The cooled gas removes heat from the magnet, and to the heat exchanger to re-cool and return to the superconducting magnet, thereby cooling and/or maintaining the magnet at a superconducting temperature.