Cryogenic System for DC Superconducting Power Transmission Line

Due to the recent developments of the electric power devices and the HTS power cables, DC superconducting power transmission system is considered to be practical. As one of the R & D issues of the DC superconducting power transmission system, we measured the radiation heat of the thermally-isolated stainless steel pipes with different surfaces. As the result, one sheet of aluminum foil pasted on the inner pipe surface reduced the heat radiation to 1.98 m/W between LN2 and the room temperature of 300 K.