Design, construction, and performance test of a six-tesla superconducting dipole magnet system for magnetohydrodynamic energy conversion research
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6639492
A six-tesla superconducting dipole magnet for use in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) energy conversion research at either the Coal-Fired Flow Facility (CFFF) at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) or the Component Development and Integration Facility at the Montana Energy and MHD Research and Development Institute has been designed, fabricated, and tested by Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). The magnet, SCMS-2, provides a 6-T tapered transverse field in a 1.0-m-diameter bore 5 meters long. The overall magnet and cryostat weigh 172 metric tons, and at full excitation, the magnetic field stores 210 MJ of electromagnetic energy. The magnet constitutes a unique research tool of unprecedented size and power for the study of open-cycle MHD generator performance. This document describes the detailed design considerations and supporting calculations for the CFFF magnet system, the development of the magnet fabrication facility, the process of fabrication and assembly of the superconducting coils and the magnet cryostat, and the magnet performance tests at ANL. The 5-T US superconducting magnet system, SCMS-1, designed and fabricated at ANL for tests in the US/USSR cooperative MHD program using the U-25 MHD facility in Moscow, USSR, is the direct predecessor to the SCMS-2 magnet described in this report. This magnet, however, demonstrates the scalability of key design concepts of the two magnet systems for application to larger magnets that will be required for larger systems needed for the steps in the development of commercial scale, MHD electrical power plants.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 6639492
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/MHD-84-2; ON: DE84015979
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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