DESIGN AND OPERATON OF THE RHIC 80K COOLER
A stand alone cryogenic system designed to maintain the magnets of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at between 80 and 100 K during accelerator shutdown periods has been conceived and designed at Brookhaven National Laboratory and built by PHPK Technologies of Columbus, Ohio. Since most thermal contraction occurs above this temperature, this unit, referred to as the 80 K Cooler, will eliminate the stresses associated with thermal cycling. The cooling system will provide the necessary refrigeration by circulating cooled Helium gas at approximately 15 atmospheres through the RHIC heat shields and magnets. This Helium is cooled by heat exchange with liquid nitrogen and circulated via three cold centrifugal pumps. The nominal delivered cooling capacity required to maintain the magnets at temperature is approximately 36 kW, primarily intercepted at the heat shield. The system also has separate heat exchangers for use as a pre-Cooler from room temperature to 82 K. Selection of sextant or sextants for pre-cooling is designed into the RHIC cryogenic distribution system. Topics covered include Cooler design decisions, details of the Cooler as built, integration into the existing RHIC cryogenic system and initial operating experience.
- Research Organization:
- BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/SC (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-98CH10886
- OSTI ID:
- 15006699
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-71099-2003-CP; R&D Project: 18039; KB0202011; TRN: US0400992
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: CEC/ICMC 2003 CONFERENCE, ANCHORAGE, AK (US), 09/22/2003--09/26/2003; Other Information: PBD: 22 Sep 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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