Quench characteristics of 5-cm aperture, 15-m long SSC dipole magnet prototypes

Conference · Sat Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · IEEE Trans.Appl.Supercond.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/77.233787· OSTI ID:1847733

Nah, W.

The quench performance and ramp rate sensitivity of eighteen 5-cm-aperture, 15-m-long SSC dipole magnet prototypes are discussed. All the magnets appear to reach a quench plateau near their extrapolated short sample current limit and well in excess of the operating current with very little training. Most of the magnets, however, exhibit a dramatic degradation of their quench current as a function of ramp rate, which for the most part, can be attributed to large cable eddy currents.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1847733
• Report Number(s): SSCL-PREPRINT-147B; FERMILAB-CONF-92-412-TD; oai:inspirehep.net:339036
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Trans.Appl.Supercond. Journal Volume: 3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English