New facility for testing LHC HTS power leads

Author

Rabehl, R. ; Carcagno, R. ; Feher, S. ; Huang, Y. ; Orris, D. ; Pischalnikov, Y. ; Sylvester, C. ; Tartaglia, M.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., USA

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1504

Lastpage

1507

Abstract

A new facility for testing HTS power leads at the Fermilab Magnet Test Facility has been designed and operated. The facility has successfully tested 19 pairs of HTS power leads, which are to be integrated into the Large Hadron Collider Interaction Region cryogenic feed boxes. This paper describes the design and operation of the cryogenics, process controls, data acquisition, and quench management systems. HTS power lead test results from the commissioning phase of the project are also presented.

Keywords

accelerator magnets; cryogenics; data acquisition; high-temperature superconductors; materials testing; process control; quenching (thermal); test facilities; Fermilab Magnet Test Facility; LHC HTS power lead testing; Large Hadron Collider Interaction Region cryogenic feed boxes; cryogenics; data acquisition; process control; project commissioning phase; quench management system; testing facility; Cryogenics; Data acquisition; Helium; High temperature superconductors; Large Hadron Collider; Nitrogen; Process control; Superconducting magnets; Test facilities; Testing; Control systems; cryogenics; power leads; test facilities;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2005.849148

Filename

1439930