Short sample HTS power cable composed of multiple 344C-2G strands and designed to energize a fast-cycling dipole magnet was exposed to a sweeping magnetic field in the (2-20) T/s ramping rate. The B-field orientation toward the HTS strands wide surface was varied from to 8 , in steps of 10. The test arrangement allowed measurements of combined hysteresis and eddy current power losses of the cable assembly. For the validity of these measurements, the power losses of a short sample cable composed of multiple LTS wire strands were also performed and compared with the known data. The test arrangement of the power cable is described, and the test results are compared with the projections for the eddy and hysteresis power losses using fine details of the test cable structures.Index Terms-Accelerator magnets, high temperature superconductors, low temperature superconductors, superconductor power cable.
Designs of the HTS transmission line power cable and the matching magnetic core for a fast-cycling accelerator dipole magnet are presented. The hysteretic and eddy currents induced power losses of the proposed HTS cable operating under various sweeping magnetic fields are projected and compared to those of the LTS cable in similar applications. The engineering design of the HTS power cable for the fast cycling dipole magnet is presented, and the test arrangement of a short-sample cable operating under the sweeping magnetic field is described.
Design, fabrication and assembly of a novel fastcycling accelerator magnet is presented. A short-sample magnet is powered with a single-turn HTS cable capable to carry 80 kA current at 20 K and generate 1.75 T field in a 40 mm magnet gap. The applied conventional leads and the power supply, however, allow only for a sin-wave 24 kA, 20 Hz current limiting test magnet to a B-field of 0.5 T and to a maximum cycling rate of 20 T/s. The critical aspects of the cable construction and the splicing connection to the power leads are described. Tentative power losses of the proposed HTS accelerator magnet in a possible application for proton and muon accelerators are presented. Index Terms-Fast-cycling accelerator magnet, HTS power cable, Conventional power leads, SC cable power losses.
With the successful test of the first two pre-series magnets the US HL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project has started production of the MQXFA magnets to be used in Q1/Q3 inner triplet elements of the HL-LHC. This good start comes after the test of two prototypes with limited performance, and it demonstrates the importance of learning from past issues.Therefore, in this paper we want to share the most important lessons learned so far, focusing on those which may be more interesting for similar projects. We will also present the status of MQXFA fabrication in the US.
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