Optimum copper to superconductor ratio in cables for superconducting magnets at 1.9 K

Author

Wolf, R.

Author_Institution

CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1786

Lastpage

1789

Abstract

In this paper the optimum copper to superconducting ratio is calculated to prevent quenching for superconducting cables used in accelerator magnets like the LHC dipoles, operating in superfluid helium at 1.9 K. The duration of the perturbations leading to a quench are estimated from flax measurements made with pickup coils in the LHC dipole models. The optimum copper to superconducting ratio is then found by studying the minimum quench energy and the influence of the length and the duration of the perturbation and heat transfer to the surroundings. A comparison is made of the behaviour at temperatures of 1.9 and 4.3 K

Keywords

beam handling equipment; ion accelerators; proton accelerators; storage rings; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; 1.9 K; 4.3 K; LHC dipoles; accelerator magnets; flax measurements; heat transfer; optimum Cu to superconductor ratio; pickup coils; quenching; superconducting magnet cables; superfluid He; Copper; Energy measurement; Equations; Heat transfer; Helium; Large Hadron Collider; Mechanical variables measurement; Superconducting cables; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.305607

Filename

305607