Preliminary test of the prototype modular cryostat for a 10 MW offshore superconducting wind turbine

Jiuce Sun, R. Ramalingam, Santiago Sanz, Holger Neumann

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Abstract

The SUPerconducting Reliable lightweight And more POWERful offshore wind turbine (SUPRAPOWER), an EU FP7 funded research project, are under development for an innovative superconducting 10 MW class offshore wind turbine. Due to the requirements of handling, maintenance, reliability of long term and offshore operation, the cryostats are divided in two major parts: the modular cryostat able to accommodate a single coil and a thermal collector that links all the modules. The prototype modular cryostat was designed, manufactured and assembled in Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The paper reports preliminary test results of proto-type modular cryostat with a two-stage Gifford-McMahon (GM) cryocooler.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012121
JournalIOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
Volume171
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2017
Event26th International Cryogenic Engineering Conference, ICEC 2016 and International Cryogenic Materials Conference 2016, ICMC 2016 - New Delhi, India
Duration: 7 Mar 201611 Mar 2016

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