摘要 |
A device for current generation and storage with superconductors in the cold sink in which a shelved store (1) has been set up in difficult ground after a cold wall (2) has been formed by the cold sink. Air is to be cooled by thermal and mechanical effects until it can be broken down into its component parts (low-pressure fractionation). Preferably nitrogen, possibly with the addition of helium, is to be continuously cooled further under the protection of the preferably insulated cold wall and finally stored at the lowest pressures and temperatures until it facilitates the production of electric power by means of generators in the shortest possible time on being re-heated. The temperatures attainable in the cold wall make it likely that primarily the useful properties of superconducting materials can be exploited because, for instance, the viscosity is reduced and it is possible to counter heating through resistances. The useful storage may be extended to other materials. |