Title :
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
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2011.2105236
