Process for making a fluid-cooled electrical conductor
Abstract
A fluid-cooled electrical conductor having excellent heat transfer, low eddy loss, and good space factor is made by encapsulating small magnet wire strands, which constitute an electrically conductive member, in a meltable matrix that supports the wire; wrapping the matrix with an insulating tape having a silicone adhesive backing and thereby forming an insulating member that surrounds the matrix; perforating the insulating member so that an inlet and an outlet are formed through which an insulating coolant fluid can flow; and heating, melting, and removing the meltable matrix.
- Publication:
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Air Force Interim Report
- Pub Date:
- May 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984aifo.reptV....M
- Keywords:
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- Coolants;
- Electric Wire;
- Insulation;
- Adhesives;
- Eddy Currents;
- Electric Coils;
- Heat Transfer;
- Losses;
- Magnet Coils;
- Patents;
- Silicones;
- Solenoids;
- Strands;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering