LLNL superconducting magnets test facility
The FENIX facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was upgraded and refurbished in 1996-1998 for testing CICC superconducting magnets. The FENIX facility was used for superconducting high current, short sample tests for fusion programs in the late 1980s--early 1990s. The new facility includes a 4-m diameter vacuum vessel, two refrigerators, a 40 kA, 42 V computer controlled power supply, a new switchyard with a dump resistor, a new helium distribution valve box, several sets of power leads, data acquisition system and other auxiliary systems, which provide a lot of flexibility in testing of a wide variety of superconducting magnets in a wide range of parameters. The detailed parameters and capabilities of this test facility and its systems are described in the paper.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 13762
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-135730; AT6010300; AT6010300; TRN: US0110742
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 16th International Conference on Magnet Technology, Ponte Vedra, FL (US), 09/26/1999--10/02/1999; Other Information: PBD: 16 Sep 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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