학술논문

Conductor Qualification and Fabrication for the MACQU Solenoid
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 33(7):1-5 Oct, 2023
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Conductors
Copper
Compaction
Superconducting cables
Temperature measurement
Research and development
Magnetic fields
Cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC)
conductor fabrication
critical current
NbTi
Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
A solenoid mock-up called MA dmax C oil for Q uench U nderstanding (MACQU) was designed and tested at CEA Saclay to study the quench propagation in a MAgnetized Disc and Mirror Axion eXperiment (MADMAX) like conductor, i.e., a cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) with copper conduit cooled at 1.8 K with stagnant superfluid helium. Compared to classic CICCs for fusion magnets, the presence of a cable wrapped by a copper tape and inserted in a copper conduit represented new features from the manufacturing point of view that required a R&D program. In this article, the whole process that led to the final conductor designed for the solenoid MACQU, from strand characterization to the fabrication through the R&D and acceptance phases, is described.