Design, Construction and Tests of MgB2 Coils for the Development of a Cryogen Free Magnet

Author

Modica, M. ; Angius, S. ; Bertora, L. ; Damiani, D. ; Marabotto, M. ; Nardelli, D. ; Perrella, M. ; Razeti, M. ; Tassisto, M.

Author_Institution

ASG Superconductors, Genoa

Volume

17

Issue

2

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2196

Lastpage

2199

Abstract

Since the development of the first MgB₂ tapes, ASG Superconductors started an R&D activity aimed to produce magnets using the MgB₂ conductor. Reacted and wound magnesium diboride double pancake coils were designed, manufactured (using industrial equipment) and tested, in a cryogen free apparatus, by ASG Superconductors. Each double pancake coil was produced by winding a single length of MgB₂, 1600 m long, multifilamentary stabilized tape. The successful achievement of the tests allowed us to produce and test the first coil made with 6 single double pancakes, then the second coil and finally the completion of a cryogen free magnet for MRI application. This paper reports the main features of the coil design and construction, the magnet and the test results.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; magnesium compounds; multifilamentary superconductors; superconducting coils; superconducting device testing; superconducting magnets; superconducting tapes; ASG superconductors; MRI application; MgB₂; cryogen free magnet; magnesium diboride double pancake coils; multifilamentary stabilized tape; size 1600 m; superconducting coil design; superconductors tapes; Conductors; Magnesium compounds; Magnetic resonance imaging; Manufacturing industries; Multifilamentary superconductors; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Superconductivity; Testing; Wounds; ${rm MgB}_{2}$; Biomedical imaging; MRI; cryogen free magnet;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2007.898107

Filename

4277609