Performance of Nb3Sn RRP strands and cables based on a 108/127 stack design
The high performance Nb{sub 3}Sn strand produced by Oxford Superconducting Technology (OST) with the Restack Rod Process (RRP) is presently considered as a baseline conductor for the Fermilab's accelerator magnet R&D program. To improve the strand stability in the current and field range expected in magnet models, the number of subelements in the strand was increased by a factor of two (from 54 to 108), which resulted in a smaller effective filament size. The performance of the 1.0 and 0.7 mm strands of this design was studied using virgin and deformed strand samples. 27-strand Rutherford cables made of 1 mm strand were also tested using a superconducting transformer, small racetrack and 1-m shell-type dipole coils. This paper presents the RRP strand and cable parameters, and reports the results of strand, cable and coil testing.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11359
- OSTI ID:
- 897574
- Report Number(s):
- FERMILAB-PUB-06-298-TD; TRN: US0701452
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Trans.Appl.Supercond.17:2718-2721,2007, Conference: Presented at Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC 2006), Seattle, Washington, 27 Aug - 1 Sep 2006
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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