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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2023-WEPM070
TitleInvestigations on NbTi superconducting racetrack coils under pulsed-current excitations
Authors
  • F. Abusaif, A. Bernhard, N. Glamann, A. Grau, D. Saez de Jauregui, A. Mueller, E. Bründermann
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • D. Gancarcik
    European Organization for Nuclear Research
AbstractOne of the key issues in the technology of superconductors is the protection against quenches. When designing a superconductor as a magnet, a coil or even current leads, the design should be made such that the superconductor withstands all operational conditions as fast discharges, pulsed loads or even rapid transient background fields. Computational modeling of pulsed-current characterization in a self-field NbTi racetrack sample coil has been performed using the finite element modelling software Opera as a step towards understanding the thermal and electromagnetic processes during a quench. The pulse was modelled to be generated by discharging a capacitor into an RLC circuit, which includes the NbTi racetrack coil as the sample under test. The coil was driven to the resistive state and the quench occurred by applying the pulse with a peak value exceeding the critical current of the sample coil. This contribution presents the results obtained from investigating a pulsed NbTi coil in a model based on an electromagnetic analysis. In addition, a comparison to the theoretical expectations derived for the damped oscillations in the pulse-driving circuit is given. Finally, the results from a coupled analysis, where both thermal and electromagnetic properties are being considered, within a quench multi-physics study are presented.
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Conference14th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Series
LocationVenice, Italy
Date07-12 May 2023
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardRalph Assmann - Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Peter McIntosh - Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC/DL/ASTeC) Giovanni Bisoffi - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN/LNL) Alessandro Fabris - Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. Ivan Andrian - Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. Giulia Vinicola - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN/LNF)
Online ISBN978-3-95450-231-8
Online ISSN2673-5490
Received01 April 2023
Revised16 May 2023
Accepted19 June 2023
Issued26 September 2023
DOI10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2023-WEPM070
Pages3735-3738