Title :
Superconducting Power Supply for Thin Superconducting Solenoid of the CMD-3 Detector
Author :
Karpov, Sergey V. ; Bragin, Alexey V. ; Ruban, Alexander A. ; Popov, Yuri S.
Author_Institution :
Budker Inst. of Nucl. Phys., Novosibirsk
fDate :
6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Superconducting power supply is under development at BINP, Russia. It is assigned for energizing the thin superconducting solenoid, which is being constructed for the CMD-3 particle detector at VEPP-2000 electron-positron collider. The power supply will rise up the solenoid current to 1000 A and provide long-term current stabilization. The power supply is designed like a fullwave synchronous a.c.-d.c. converter. It consists of the air-core superconducting transformer and two thermally controlled superconducting switches used as rectifying elements. It operates with 15 A primary a.c. current amplitude and provides output current up to 1500 A. This paper describes the construction of the converter as well as its characteristics achieved in tests
Keywords :
AC-DC power convertors; colliding beam accelerators; scintillation counters; superconducting magnets; superconducting switches; superconducting transformers; BINP; CMD-3 particle detector; Russia; VEPP-2000 electron-positron collider; air-core superconducting transformer; fullwave synchronous a.c.-d.c. converter; long-term current stabilization; primary a.c. current amplitude; rectifying elements; solenoid current; superconducting power supply; thermally controlled superconducting switches; thin superconducting solenoid; Current supplies; Helium; Low voltage; Power supplies; Radiation detectors; Solenoids; Superconducting magnets; Switches; Switching converters; Testing; Power supplies; solenoids; superconducting switches;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2006.870453
