Conceptual Design of Current Leads for a 21 T FT-ICR Magnet System
A new concept of current leads for a 21 T Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) superconducting magnet system is presented. The binary current lead, a series combination of a normal conductor in the high-temperature section and an HTS conductor in the low-temperature section, is employe...
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Published in | IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 2228 - 2231 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
Published |
New York, NY
IEEE
01.06.2007
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) |
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Summary: | A new concept of current leads for a 21 T Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance (FT-ICR) superconducting magnet system is presented. The binary current lead, a series combination of a normal conductor in the high-temperature section and an HTS conductor in the low-temperature section, is employed. The HTS section is partly immersed in liquid helium and the joint between the normal metal and HTS conductor is cooled by the contact with a cryocooler. After excitation, the normal metal conductor section is thermally disengaged from the HTS section without disturbance to the insulating vacuum space and without requiring complete removal of the current leads. The present paper describes the so-called semi-retractable current leads for a 21 T FT-ICR magnet system application. The optimized dimensions of the leads are presented in order to minimize the thermal heat load when carrying operational current with some margin. |
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ISSN: | 1051-8223 1558-2515 |
DOI: | 10.1109/TASC.2007.898179 |