Inventors:
Mario Rabinowitz - Menlo Park CA
James Joseph Pachot - Portland OR
Assignee:
Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
H01B 734
Abstract:
A system having one or more tubular conductors disposed within shield means containing a dielectric surrounding the conductors is used to transmit electrical power. Liquid coolant is directed along a supply line from a source and into the conductors. Each conductor has a plurality of tubular insulators at spaced locations along its length to remove coolant vapor from within the conductor to maintain single phase flow while at the same time operating under two-phase cooling. Another line receives the vapor and returns it to the source of liquification. Several embodiments of the system are disclosed.