Patents Assigned to Non-Equilibrium Materials and Processing (NEMP)
  • Patent number: 6501970
    Abstract: Viable (HT) superconductor-based processing is disclosed comprising the controlled conversion of energy resulting from application of a (HT) superconductor to an electric, magnetic, electromagnetic and/or gravitational field, wherein the converted energy is released from a corresponding chill system in order to maintain a superconducting state of the (HT) superconductor under controlled extrinsic or boundary conditions. A closed vessel is instrumental to transform said energy once created into a mechanical work, a partial chill gas mass per operating time interval, i.e. &dgr;dmV/&dgr;t, and a partial conduction enthalpy. A corresponding chill system comprises optionally at least one aeropneumatic accumulator designed to operate at least one (HT) superconductor-based overpressure vessel or dewar accommodating at least one superconductor element immersed into a liquid chill agent such as liquid nitrogen of defined heat capacity per volume superconductor employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Non-Equilibrium Materials and Processing (NEMP)
    Inventors: Joerg Heise, Wolf-Ruediger Canders, Wilfried Hedderich, Franz Hehmann