Cryogenic testing at the SSC (Superconducting Super Collider) string test facility

Conference · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6035019

Theilacker, J C

A multipurpose cryogenic testing facility was constructed and became operational in 1986 at Fermilab. It consists of a standard Tevatron satellite refrigerator and 450 liter subcooling dewar housed within a building adjacent to a Tevatron refrigerator. A 11 m by 15 m high bay contains power supplies necessary to power Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) magnets, a cryogenic feedcan to interface the refrigerator to the magnet string, and an area for testing Tevatron components. Currently, a 120 m, 4 m diameter tunnel has been constructed off the high bay to house a half cell of SSC Design D magnets. Capabilities have been made to extend the tunnel up to 1 km in length. Testing at the facility includes SSC long string test, heat leak measurement, cold compressor tests, turbine test, and cold leak checking.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 6035019
• Report Number(s): FNAL-TM-1483; CONF-8706125-17; ON: DE88002835
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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