• DocumentCode
    975700
  • Title

    Development of a Large Bore Long Pulse Magnet at GE Global Research Center

  • Author

    Li, Liang ; Huang, Xianrui ; Wu, Anbo ; Thompson, Paul ; Ranze, Richard ; Yu, Hai ; Laskaris, Trifon E. ; Amm, Kathleen

  • Author_Institution
    GE Global Res. Center, Niskayuna, NY
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1672
  • Lastpage
    1675
  • Abstract
    A 3.5 Tesla pulsed magnet with a 1.35 meter bore wound with copper strips has been developed, successfully tested and used at GE Global Research. The magnet has energy of 14 MJ at the peak field. The magnet is composed of 4 pancake coils in series pre-cooled with liquid Nitrogen and powered by a 750 V, 8000 A power supply. This paper describes the design of the magnet, power supply, control circuit and the test results of the system
  • Keywords
    cells (electric); coils; magnetic resonance imaging; permanent magnets; pulsed power supplies; 750 V; 8000 A; GE Global Research Center; MRI; battery bank; copper wound strip; liquid Nitrogen; pancake coil; permanent magnet; power supply; pre-cooling; pulse magnet testing; pulsed coil; Boring; Circuit testing; Coils; Control systems; Copper; Magnetic circuits; Nitrogen; Power supplies; Strips; Wounds; Battery bank; MRI; permanent magnet; pulsed coil;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASC.2005.864274
  • Filename
    1643181