Helium refrigeration considerations for cryomodule design

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4860928· OSTI ID:1995419

Ganni, V.; Knudsen, P.

Many of the present day accelerators are based on superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities which depend on the helium refrigeration. These cavities are packaged into cryomodules (CM). Accelerator-Driven Sub-Critical Systems (ADS) and its application to the utilization of Thorium for energy production are also based on SRF technology and operating these SRF cavities at 2-K. This requires specialized helium refrigeration systems which are cost intensive to produce and to operate. Some of the cryogenic system design considerations for these challenging applications are discussed.

• Research Organization: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-06OR23177
• OSTI ID: 1995419
• Report Number(s): JLAB-ACE-11-1471; DOE/OR/23177-1962
• Resource Relation: Conference: AIP Conference Proceedings
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English