Title :
20.5 kA current leads for ATLAS Barrel Toroid superconducting magnets
Author :
Dudarev, A.V. ; ten Kate, H.H.J. ; Boxman, E.W. ; Keilin, V.E. ; Kopeikin, N. Ph ; Kovalev, I.A. ; Kuljamzin, A.N. ; Romanovskii, V.R. ; Shcherbakov, V.I. ; Shugaev, I.O. ; Stepanov, V.V.
Author_Institution :
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
fDate :
3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Three pairs of 20.5 kA current leads for the ATLAS Toroid Magnets have been designed, manufactured and tested at Kurchatov Institute. The current leads have a high mechanical reliability and the vacuum tightness under 30 bars of internal pressure. The insulation between the current carrying parts and the mounting flange, the hydraulic connections and the temperature gauges withstand the overvoltage of at least 2 kV. The current leads are fully equipped with diagnostics needed for safety and control. The current leads were tested up to 24 kA. According to CERN´s specification they were also tested in the absence of any cooling at very slow current discharge rate (5 A/s) from 20.5 kA to zero without any excessive overheating. Nowadays the current leads are successfully used at the ATLAS Magnet Test Facility at CERN.
Keywords :
particle calorimetry; physical instrumentation control; position sensitive particle detectors; power supplies to apparatus; radiation monitoring; safety; superconducting magnets; 2 kV; 20.5 kA; 24 kA; ATLAS Barrel Toroid superconducting magnets; ATLAS Magnet Test Facility; CERN; Kurchatov Institute; control; cooling; current leads; diagnostics; discharge rate; high mechanical reliability; hydraulic connections; internal pressure; mounting flange; overvoltage; safety; temperature gauges; vacuum tightness; Bars; Cooling; Flanges; Insulation; Manufacturing; Safety devices; Superconducting magnets; Temperature; Testing; Voltage control;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2002.1018638
