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Title: Low temperature superconductor and aligned high temperature superconductor magnetic dipole system and method for producing high magnetic fields

Abstract

A dipole-magnet system and method for producing high-magnetic-fields, including an open-region located in a radially-central-region to allow particle-beam transport and other uses, low-temperature-superconducting-coils comprised of low-temperature-superconducting-wire located in radially-outward-regions to generate high magnetic-fields, high-temperature-superconducting-coils comprised of high-temperature-superconducting-tape located in radially-inward-regions to generate even higher magnetic-fields and to reduce erroneous fields, support-structures to support the coils against large Lorentz-forces, a liquid-helium-system to cool the coils, and electrical-contacts to allow electric-current into and out of the coils. The high-temperature-superconducting-tape may be comprised of bismuth-strontium-calcium-copper-oxide or rare-earth-metal, barium-copper-oxide (ReBCO) where the rare-earth-metal may be yttrium, samarium, neodymium, or gadolinium. Advantageously, alignment of the large-dimension of the rectangular-cross-section or curved-cross-section of the high-temperature-superconducting-tape with the high-magnetic-field minimizes unwanted erroneous magnetic fields. Alignment may be accomplished by proper positioning, tilting the high-temperature-superconducting-coils, forming the high-temperature-superconducting-coils into a curved-cross-section, placing nonconducting wedge-shaped-material between windings, placing nonconducting curved-and-wedge-shaped-material between windings, or by a combination of these techniques.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1399863
Patent Number(s):
9793036
Application Number:
15/041,333
Assignee:
Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01F - MAGNETS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-98CH10886
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2016 Feb 11
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Gupta, Ramesh, Scanlan, Ronald, Ghosh, Arup K., Weggel, Robert J., Palmer, Robert, Anerella, Michael D., and Schmalzle, Jesse. Low temperature superconductor and aligned high temperature superconductor magnetic dipole system and method for producing high magnetic fields. United States: N. p., 2017. Web.
Gupta, Ramesh, Scanlan, Ronald, Ghosh, Arup K., Weggel, Robert J., Palmer, Robert, Anerella, Michael D., & Schmalzle, Jesse. Low temperature superconductor and aligned high temperature superconductor magnetic dipole system and method for producing high magnetic fields. United States.
Gupta, Ramesh, Scanlan, Ronald, Ghosh, Arup K., Weggel, Robert J., Palmer, Robert, Anerella, Michael D., and Schmalzle, Jesse. Tue . "Low temperature superconductor and aligned high temperature superconductor magnetic dipole system and method for producing high magnetic fields". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1399863.
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