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Title: Design and preliminary test results of the 40 MW power supply at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/20.305601· OSTI ID:49662
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab.
  2. ABB Drives, Inc., New Berlin, WI (United States)
  3. National High Magnetic Field Lab., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
  4. Alpha Scientific Electronics Inc., Hayward, CA (United States)

Four highly stabilized, steady-state, 10 MW power supplies have been installed at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory In Tallahassee, FL. Each supply consists of a 12.5 kV vacuum circuit breaker, two three-winding, step-down transformers, a 24-pulse rectifier with interphase reactors and freewheeling diodes, and a passive and an active filter. Two different transformer tap settings allow dc supply output voltages or 400 and 500 V. The rated current of a supply is 17 kA and each supply has a one hour overload capability of 20 kA. The power supply output bus system, including a reversing switch at the input and 2 x 16 disconnect switches at the output, connects each supply to 16 different magnet cells. The design of the power supply is described and preliminary test results supply feeding a 10 MW resistive load are presented.

OSTI ID:
49662
Report Number(s):
CONF-930926-; ISSN 0018-9464; TRN: IM9523%%485
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 30, Issue 4Pt2; Conference: 13. international conference on magnet technology, Victoria (Canada), 20-24 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English