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Title: SSC 50 mm collider dipole cryostat design

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OSTI ID:6670341

The cryostat of a Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) dipole magnet consists of all magnet components except the magnet assembly itself. It serves to support the magnet accurately and reliably within the vacuum vessel, provide all required cryogenic piping, and to insulate the cold mass from heat radiated and conducted from the environment. It must function reliably during storage, shipping and handling, normal magnet operation, quenches, and seismic excitations, and must be manufacturable at low cost. The major components of the cryostat are the vacuum vessel, thermal shields, multilayer insulation system, cryogenic piping, interconnections, and suspension system. The overall design of a cryostat for superconducting accelerator magnets requires consideration of fluid flow, proper selection of materials for their thermal and structural performance at both ambient and operating temperature, and knowledge of the environment to which the magnets will be subjected over the course of their expected operating life. This paper describes the design of the current SSC dipole magnet cryostat and includes discussions on the structural and thermal considerations involved in the development of each of the major systems.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
6670341
Report Number(s):
FNAL/C-92/90; CONF-910635-22; ON: DE93009596
Resource Relation:
Conference: Cryogenic engineering conference and international cryogenic materials conference, Huntsville, AL (United States), 11-14 Jun 1991
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English