SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DEMAGNETIZING SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET

    公开(公告)号:US20240045009A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18267504

    申请日:2021-12-23

    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

    CPC classification number: G01R33/3815 G01R33/288 G01R33/3804

    Abstract: A superconducting magnet apparatus includes a superconducting coil, a persistent current switch, a cryostat, an external resistance element that attenuates energy accumulated in the superconducting coil when the superconducting coil is demagnetized, an external power supply capable of energizing a reverse current of a persistent current to the superconducting coil, and a circuit breaker capable of freely cutting off energization between the external power supply and the superconducting coil. A method for demagnetizing a superconducting magnet includes causing the reverse current of the persistent current to flow from the external power supply, and switching the persistent current switch to an off-state and switching the circuit breaker to an off-state, and demagnetizing the superconducting magnet by causing a current flowing through the superconducting coil to flow to an external resistance element when the amount of current flowing through the persistent current switch decreases.

    SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF CONNECTING SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES

    公开(公告)号:US20210272722A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-02

    申请号:US17186223

    申请日:2021-02-26

    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

    Abstract: A superconducting wire connector includes superconducting wires and a sintered body containing MgB2. The superconducting wires are connected by the sintered body. At least one of the superconducting wires includes a superconducting core having a first outer surface. The sintered body is in contact with the first outer surface. A method of connecting superconducting wires by a sintered body containing MgB2 includes exposing a superconducting core of at least one of the superconducting wires by removing a portion, positioned in the middle in a longitudinal direction of the at least one of the superconducting wires, of a metal sheath disposed around the superconducting core, disposing the at least one of the superconducting wires through a container, filling the container with a raw material of MgB2, and forming the sintered body being in contact with an outer surface of the superconducting core by sintering the raw material filled in the container.

    PERSISTENT CURRENT SWITCH AND SUPERCONDUCTING COIL

    公开(公告)号:US20170278608A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-28

    申请号:US15505839

    申请日:2015-03-27

    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

    CPC classification number: H01F6/06 H01F6/006 Y10S505/882

    Abstract: Provided is a high-performance persistent current switch that is provided with a superconducting coil in which a decrease of a critical current or a critical magnetic field is suppressed. A means for solving the problem is as follows. A persistent current switch provided with a superconducting coil in a switch unit. A superconducting coil 5 includes a winding portion 53 which is formed using a superconductor thin film formed on an outer circumferential face of a base member 50. The winding portion 53 includes a first winding portion 51 and a second winding portion 52 which are formed in a double helical shape to be parallel to each other. A terminating end portion 51b of the first winding portion 51 and a starting end portion 52a of the second winding portion 52, which are adjacent to each other, are connected to each other.

    SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, AND MRI DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20230008754A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-12

    申请号:US17785142

    申请日:2020-09-03

    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.

    Abstract: A superconducting wire comprises a MgB2 filament, a base material, a high-thermal expansion metal, and a stabilizing material. The high-thermal expansion metal is a metal (for example, stainless steel) having a higher thermal expansion coefficient at room temperature than the MgB2 and the base material (for example, iron or niobium). The manufacturing method includes a step of packing a mixed powder in a first metal pipe, a step of performing wire-drawing on the first metal pipe formed of the metal to be the base material, a step of producing a composite wire by accommodating the first metal pipe in a second metal pipe formed of the high-thermal expansion metal and the stabilizing material, a step of performing wire-drawing on the composite wire, and a step of performing heat treatment.

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