학술논문

Electrical Integrity Tests During Production of the LHC Dipoles
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on. 16(2):200-203 Jun, 2006
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Large Hadron Collider
Coils
Circuit testing
Impedance measurement
Performance evaluation
Voltage
Current measurement
Mass production
Power measurement
Frequency
Production control
superconducting accelerator magnets
Language
ISSN
1051-8223
1558-2515
2378-7074
Abstract
For the LHC dipoles , mandatory electrical integrity tests are performed to qualify the cold mass (CM) at four production stages: individual pole, collared coil, CM before end cover welding and final CM. A description of the measurement equipment and its recent development are presented. After passing the demands set out in the specification, the results of the tests are transmitted to CERN where they are further analyzed. The paper presents the most important results of these measurements. We also report a review of the electrical nonconformities encountered e.g. inter-turn shorts and quench heater failure, their diagnostic and the cures.