Strand and Cable R&D for Fast Cycled Magnets at CERN

Author

Bottura, L. ; Bonasia, A. ; Borgnolutti, F. ; Gaertner, W. ; Le Naour, S. ; Oberli, L. ; Peiro, G. ; Richter, D. ; Salmi, T. ; Sikler, G. ; Willering, G.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2354

Lastpage

2358

Abstract

Fast cycled superconducting magnets (FCM´s) are an option of interest for the long-term consolidation and upgrade plan of the LHC accelerator complex. In the past two years we have conducted an R&D targeted at investigating the feasibility, operational issues and economical advantage of FCM´s in the range of 2 T bore field, continuously cycled at 1 Hz. In this paper we report the main results on the development of strands and cables suitable for this application, providing details on the strands tested and the cable manufacturing and performance.

Keywords

particle accelerators; superconducting magnets; CERN; LHC accelerator complex; fast cycled superconducting magnets; frequency 1 Hz; long-term consolidation; magnetic flux density 2 T; operational issues; upgrade plan; Copper; Critical current; Current measurement; Magnetization; Manufacturing; Superconducting cables; Superconducting magnets; AC loss; superconducting accelerator magnets; superconducting cables; superconducting filaments and wires;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2011.2105236

Filename

5712148