Cryostat design for the Superconducting Super Collider

Conference · Sat Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6240703

Nicol, T H

The cryostat of an SSC dipole magnet consists of all magnet components except the cold mass assembly. It serves to support the cold mass accurately and reliably within the vacuum vessel, provide all required cryogenic piping, and to insulate the cold mass from heat radiated and conducted from the environment. It must function reliably during storage, shipping and handling, normal magnet operation, quenches, and seismic excitations and must be manufacturable at low cost. The major components of the cryostat are the vacuum vessel, thermal shields, multilayer insulation (MLI) system, cryogenic piping, interconnections, and suspension system. The overall design of a cryostat for superconducting accelerator magnets requires consideration of fluid flow, proper selection of materials for their thermal and structural performance at both ambient and operating temperature, and knowledge of the environment to which the magnets will be subjected over the course their 25 year expected life. This paper describes the design of the current SSC collider dipole magnet cryostat and includes discussions on the thermal, structural, and dynamic considerations involved in the development of each of the major systems. 7 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 6240703
• Report Number(s): FNAL-TM-1684; SSCL-N--738; CONF-901194--7; ON: DE91004104
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
430303* -- Particle Accelerators-- Experimental Facilities & Equipment
CONTAINERS
CONTROL EQUIPMENT
CRYOSTATS
DESIGN
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTROMAGNETS
EQUIPMENT
MAGNETS
PRESSURE VESSELS
SHIELDS
STORAGE RINGS
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
SUPERCONDUCTING SUPER COLLIDER
THERMAL INSULATION
THERMAL SHIELDS
THERMOSTATS