Feed-through ultrasonic cleaning system for winding of large-sized superconducting coils

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11185894-B2
Application number	US-201916537624-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2019
Priority date	Feb 1, 2018
Publication date	Nov 30, 2021
Grant date	Nov 30, 2021

Abstract

A feed-through ultrasonic cleaning system for winding of a superconducting coil, including a sealed chamber system, a main ultrasonic cleaning system, a deionized water spraying system, a compressed air blow-drying system, and an automatic control system. During the winding of an armored superconducting coil, a superconducting conductor which is fed at a constant speed successively passes through a sealed chamber, an ultrasonic cleaning chamber, a first compressed air blow-drying chamber, a deionized water spray chamber, and a second compressed air blow-drying chamber in the ultrasonic cleaning system.

First claim

We claim:

1. A feed-through ultrasonic cleaning system for winding of a superconducting coil, comprising
a sealed chamber,
an ultrasonic cleaning chamber,
a first compressed air blow-drying chamber,
a deionized water spray chamber,
a second compressed air blow-drying chamber, and
an automatic control system;
wherein:
the sealed chamber, the ultrasonic cleaning chamber, the first compressed air blow-drying chamber, the deionized water spray chamber and the second compressed air blow-drying chamber are communicated with each other successively;
the sealed chamber communicates with an entrance of the ultrasonic cleaning chamber, and the sealed chamber comprises a compressed air nozzle and a spring-loaded wiper which are configured to prevent deionized water or ultrasonic cleaning solution from overflowing;
the ultrasonic cleaning chamber comprises upper and lower ultrasonic vibrators, a first level sensor, a first temperature sensor and a first heating rod; the ultrasonic cleaning chamber further comprises a first insulating layer, and the ultrasonic cleaning chamber ultrasonically cleans a superconducting conductor at a certain temperature according to a set power and frequency so as to completely remove an oil stain on a surface of the superconducting conductor;
the first and second compressed air blow-drying chambers each comprise pneumatic nozzles which are symmetrically arranged; the pneumatic nozzles are configured to separate and blow-dry residual cleaning liquid on the superconducting conductor, wherein an entrance of the first compressed air blow-drying chamber communicates with an exit of the ultrasonic cleaning chamber; an exit of the first compressed air blow-drying chamber communicates with an entrance of the deionized water spray chamber, and an exit of the deionized water spray chamber communicates with an entrance of the second compressed air blow-drying chamber;
the deionized water spray chamber comprises spray nozzles which are configured to remove ultrasonic cleaning liquid adhered onto the surface of the conductor and clean the surface of the conductor again by spraying; and
the automatic control system enables one-button start and stop of the ultrasonic cleaning system, and is configured to detect and feed back a fault signal and then send an alarm signal to a main control system for a coil winding production line; and the automatic control system further has a clock setting function by which the ultrasonic cleaning liquid reservoir is heated for heating under a pre-set time according to production requirements.

2. The feed-through ultrasonic cleaning system of claim 1 , further comprising an ultrasonic cleaning liquid reservoir, a first circulating water pump, a first filter and an ultrasonic wave generator, wherein the ultrasonic cleaning liquid reservoir, the first circulating water pump, the first filter and the ultrasonic wave generator together with the ultrasonic cleaning chamber form a main ultrasonic cleaning system; the ultrasonic cleaning liquid reservoir comprises a second heating rod, a second temperature sensor, a second level sensor and a second insulating layer, so that the ultrasonic cleaning liquid is heated and insulated according to a set temperature and a liquid level in the reservoir is detected; the first circulating water pump pumps the ultrasonic cleaning liquid in the ultrasonic cleaning liquid reservoir to the ultrasonic cleaning chamber through the first filter according to a set flow rate and pressure; and the upper and lower ultrasonic vibrators in the ultrasonic cleaning chamber ultrasonically clean the superconducting conductor according to a frequency and power set by the ultrasonic wave generator.

3. The feed-through ultrasonic cleaning system of claim 2 , further comprising a deionized water reservoir, a second circulating water pump and a second filter, wherein the deionized water reservoir, the second circulating water pump and the second filter together with the deionized water spray chamber form a deionized water spraying system; the deionized water reservoir comprises a third level sensor which is configured to detect a level of liquids in the deionized water reservoir in real time; the second circulating water pump pumps deionized water in the deionized water reservoir into the deionized water spray chamber through the second filter according to a set flow rate and pressure; and the spray nozzles are symmetrically arranged in the deionized water spray chamber to remove the ultrasonic cleaning liquid adhered onto the surface of the conductor and clean the conductor again.

Assignees

• Hefei Inst Physical Sci Cas

Inventors

• Wen Wei
• Shen Guang
• Song Yuntao
• Wu Weiyue

Classifications

• Y02E40/60

  Superconducting electric elements or equipment; Power systems integrating superconducting elements or equipment · CPC title

• B08B3/14

  Removing waste, e.g. labels, from cleaning liquid · CPC title

• B08B3/02

  Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays · CPC title

• H01F41/048

  Superconductive coils · CPC title

• B08B3/10

  with additional treatment of the liquid or of the object being cleaned, e.g. by heat, by electricity or by vibration · CPC title