Patent ID: 7602085

Claim:
A system for utilizing coal energy located at a first location corresponding to a coal source to supply enemy to a demand end located at a second location separate from the first location, the system comprising: means for thermal power generation located at the first location that converts coal energy to electric energy by thermal power generation; an alternating current load located at the demand end; and means for electric power transmission that transmits electric enemy from the means for thermal power generation to the alternating current load; wherein the means for electric power transmission includes a combination of a super conductive power transmitting system that transmits direct current electricity utilizing at least one super conductive power transmitting cable, and a conventional alternating current power distribution network operating at normal temperatures; wherein electric energy is transmitted to the demand end through the alternating current power distribution network by converting the direct current transmitted by the super conductive power transmitting system to alternating current at a connecting end of the alternating current power distribution network where the super conductive power transmitting system is connected to the alternating power distribution network; wherein the super conductive power transmitting system includes first current conversion means for converting alternating current to direct current provided at an input side connecting end of the super conductive power transmitting system, second current conversion means for converting direct current to alternating current provided at a demand side connecting end of the super conductive power transmitting system, a super conducting cable for transmitting direct current provided therebetween, and a power load adjusting means for regulating an appropriate power transmitting amount of the super conductive power transmitting system in collaboration with the alternating current power distribution network; wherein a cooling energy base is provided at installation sites of the first and second current conversion means, and in an installation site of the power load adjusting means, the cooling enemy base including a low temperature refrigerator that provides a cooling agent that cools the super conductive transmitting cable, a cooling agent storage tank that stores the cooling agent, and a supplying pump disposed at the storage tank; wherein the low temperature refrigerator utilizes carbon dioxide as a refrigerant to cool the cooling agent, and wherein the low temperature refrigerator also functions as a heat supplying station that supplies heat from a condenser; and wherein the cooling agent comprises slush nitrogen that includes a mixture of fine particles of solid nitrogen and liquid nitrogen.