Test Results for RD3c, A Nb3Sn Common-Coil Racetrack Dipole Magnet
Test Results for RD3c, A Nb3Sn Common-Coil Racetrack Dipole Magnet
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3LA05 SC-MAG#771 LBNL-49916 Test Results for RD3c, a Nb 3 Sn Common-Coil Racetrack Dipole Magnet A.F. Lietzke, S. Caspi, M. CoccoJi, D.R. Dietderich, P. Ferracin, S.A. Gourlay R.R. Hafalia, L. Chiesa, A.D. Mclnturff, G. Sabbi and R.M. Scanlan good field-quality with flat racetrack coils is reported herein. Abstracl- The Superconducting Magnet Group at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory has been developing racetrack technology for economical, high-field accelerator magnets from brittle superconductor. Recent tests have demonstrated I) robust, reusable, double-layer, flat racetrack, wind & react Nb3Sn coils, 2) a reusable, easily assembled, coil-support structure that can minimize conductor movement, and 3) 1ST dipole fields, with no degradation. RD3c is our first attempt to compare measured and calculated field harmonics. A single-layer, Nb3Sn , flat racetrack inner-coil was wound on both sides of a bore-plate, and then reacted and potted (as previously). Hard spacers were wound into the inner coils, to adjust the geometric field harmonics, and identify any problems from hard-spacers. Harmonic measurements with a warm rotating coil also required a considerably thicker bore-plate (for the 35mm OD anti-cryostat). The inner coiJ~module was sandwiched between two existing outer-coil modules, and pre-stressed within the reusable yoke & shell loading structure. The magnet's performance is discussed, and compared with calculations. II. TEST PREPARATION A. Goals and Design Constraints RD3c was conceived as an economical coil configuration that would assess our ability correct the field errors generated by low-cost, high engineering current-density, flat, common- coil racetrack coils. To be economical, and consistent with Index Terms-Magnets, Superconducting, Nb3Sn, Racetrack, Test Results, Magnetic Measurements. I. INTRODUCTION common-coil philosophy, the following constraints were imposed: I) RD3b's outer coils, yoke and shell structure must be re-used. 2) The harmonic-correction insert coils needed to be flat racetrack coils with only one spacer per layer. 3) These insert coils must be fabricated as a rugged independent coil- module that could be inserted between RD3's outer coil modules. 4) No effort would be made to correct the up-down asymmetric quadrupole, 5) Bore-plate access must be large enough to accept a 35mm diameter rotating-coil probe. To simultaneously test reliability, the insert coil must be constructed with the best rapid-training, reliable insulation technology that could be readily applied. If the training were subsequently discovered to be slow, stick-slip motion diagnostics would be available to localize the slippages. HE superconductiilg magnet group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been developing high- field, superconducting Nb, Sn magnet technology for future high-energy accelerators. Substantial progress has been made in current density, peak field and cost reduction. D20 demonstrated that Nb, Sn conductor could be used in an accelerator quality cosS dipole [I]. More cost-effective magnets will be needed for future accelerators. This motivated the exploration of racetrack common-coil magnets [2-4]. A series of successful tests demonstrated the ability to control fabrication, assembly and mechanical support [4 , 5]. Recent efforts have focused upon assessing Ihe ability of racetrack magnets to achieve higher fields, at less cost, while retaining the reliability and field-quality of cosS magnets. RD3c, the most recent test in the full-size magnet series, replaced RD3b 's small-bore, high-field insert module with a large-bore, hannonic-correction module. The results of this attempt to assess the difficulties associated with achieving Manuscript received August 6, 2002. This work was supported by Office of Science, High Energy & Nuclear Physics, Div. High Energy Phys ics, U.S. DOE, Contract DE-AC03-76SF00098 . AJI the authors are with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA 94720 USA (5 10-486-4042 or 4572; fax : 510-486-53 10; e-mail: 1 chiesa@lbl.gov, AFLietzke@lbl.gov). T B. Magnet Parameters Figure I shows the magnet cross-section that resulted from the above constraints. The harmonic-correction module was inserted between RD3b 's outer coil modules. Like RD3b, the insert module used an aluminum-bronze bore-plate to separate two single layer coils that had an internal ramp to reverse the current direction across the bore-plate, without an internal splice. In contrast to RD3b, each coil used a large spacer near the previous field maximum, to counteract the large positive sextupole generated by the outer coils. Each coil had 16 turns in two equal blocks. The bore-plate was thick enough (39.5 mm) to allow access for a 35mm diameter rotating coil probe, while stiff enough to pre-stress the outer coil-block where it crossed the bore hole (nears the ends). Fig. I. The magnet cross-section for the RD3c: a harmonic correction, training, and magnetic measurement test. RD3c's performance limits are compared with RD3b in Table I. RD3c' s insert coil used the same cable as RD3b 's insert. Being at a lower field, this caused the outer coils to set the magnet's current limitation at 11.9KA. TABLE J