Fast Cycled Magnet Demonstrator Program at CERN: Instrumentation and Measurement Campaign

Author

Willering, Gerard ; Bajko, M. ; Borgnolutti, F. ; Bottura, L. ; Datskov, V. ; Deferne, G. ; Feuvrier, J. ; Fiscarelli, L. ; Giloux, C. ; Guinchard, Michael ; Roger, V.

Author_Institution

CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

Volume

24

Issue

3

fYear

2014

fDate

Jun-14

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In an effort to develop economical magnets for an upgrade of the LHC injector complex, CERN started an R&D program on superconducting Fast Cycled Magnets (FCM) in 2009. One of the challenges in this program was to develop a test station, which started working in summer 2012 when the FCM dipole demonstrator was tested. The magnet contains several important features, like forced-flow cooling of supercritical He and it has a protection scheme based direct voltage measurement with co-wound voltage tap wires. In this paper we report on the cryogenic and powering requirements and operation, the quench protection system, the temperature and mechanical measurements. The functioning of the test station and instrumentation are evaluated and we will discuss the measurements on a detailed level.

Keywords

accelerator magnets; superconducting magnets; CERN; LHC injector complex upgrade; cowound voltage tap wires; cryogenic; economical magnets; fast cycled magnet demonstrator program; fast cycled magnet dipole demonstrator; forced-flow cooling; instrumentation campaign; measurement campaign; mechanical measurement; protection scheme based direct voltage measurement; quench protection system; superconducting fast cycled magnets; supercritical He; temperature measurement; test station; Coils; Current measurement; Helium; Magnetic field measurement; Superconducting cables; Superconducting magnets; Temperature measurement; Accelerator magnet; dipole; fast cyled magnet; super critical helium;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2013.2287641

Filename

6650125