Simulation of Conduction Cooled SRF Cavity
SRF cavities are used heavily in high energy physics research, but the operational complexities of SRF cavities prevent their widespread use in industry. One notable complexity of operating an SRF cavity is liquid helium coolant, and replacing liquid helium with cryocooler conduction cooling is an important research and development interest. As part of this effort, a system consisting of a 650 MHz single cell cavity, a commercial grade pulse tube refrigerator, and a thermal conduction link was simulated through finite element analysis. The electromagnetic fields inside the cavity, heat flow through the system, and temperature distribution of the thermal link and cavity were calculated. Based on the simulation, we found that a 2 W @ 4.2 K pulse tube refrigerator is capable of cooling a single cell Nb3Sn coated cavity operating at up to 12 MV/m accelerating gradient. The maximum simulated temperature of the cavity was below 7 K, and the thermal conduction link was shown to significantly attenuate the cryocooler thermal oscillations at the location of the cavity
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 1546003
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-TM-2706-DI-LDRD-TD; 1747198; TRN: US2000070
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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