Design and Construction of a High Field Cable Test Facility at Fermilab

Velev, G.; Sylvester, C.; Arbelaez, Diego; Galt, Artur; Kashikhin, V.V.; Koshelev, Sergey; Marinozzi, Vittorio; Nikolić, V.; Orris, D.; Prestemon, S.; Sabbi, G.; Tartaglia, M.

doi:10.1109/tasc.2021.3068847

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“…The test facility parameters were selected after discussion with the community of users. These parameters are documented in [4].…”

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“…To achieve maximum cooling, the magnet providing the background field will operate in superfluid helium at a temperature of 1.9 K. This requirement imposes the use of a lambda plate in the cryostat assembly. By design, the operational background dipole field provided by the magnet is 15 T [4,5]. The maximum stored energy in the magnet is on the order of 20 MJ.…”

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Status of the High Field Cable Test Facility at Fermilab

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Arbelaez

et al. 2023

IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.

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Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) are building a new High Field Vertical Magnet Test Facility (HFVMTF) for testing superconducting cables in high magnetic field. The background magnetic field of 15 T in the HFVMTF will be produced by a magnet provided by LBNL. The HFVMTF is jointly funded by the US DOE Offices of Science, High Energy Physics (HEP), and Fusion Energy Sciences (FES), and will serve as a superconducting cable test facility in high magnetic fields and a wide range of temperatures for HEP and FES communities. This facility will also be used to test high-field superconducting magnet models and demonstrators, including hybrid magnets, produced by the US Magnet Development Program (MDP). The paper describes the status of the facility, including construction, cryostat designs, top and lambda plates, and systems for powering, and quench protection and monitoring.

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“…The test facility parameters were selected after discussion with the community of users. These parameters are documented in [4].…”

Section: Test Facility Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Test Facility Parametersmentioning

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Status of the High Field Cable Test Facility at Fermilab

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Arbelaez

et al. 2023

IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.

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“…The High Field Vertical Magnet Test Facility (HFVMTF) is an essential component of the DOE Magnet Development Program to test future high field superconducting magnet and High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) samples [1,2]. The HFVMTF cryostat is a large "double-bath" vessel, featuring a 1.4 m diameter "lambda plate" that thermally isolates the superfluid helium bath and support magnets up to 20 tons.…”

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Cryogenic and safety design of the future high field cable test facility at Fermilab

Bruce,

Tope,

Koshelev

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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The HFVMTF (High Field Vertical Magnet Test Facility) is a new experimental facility under development at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) to test large superconducting magnets (up to 20 tons weight and 1.3 m diameter) in a double bath superfluid helium cryostat (1.9 K and 1.2 bar). Coupled with a superconducting dipole magnet fabricated by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), this facility will be able to test future high-temperature superconductor (HTS) cables under a background magnetic field of 15 T for fusion magnets. This paper describes the design of the cryostat and its 1.4-meter diameter lambda plate, as well as the different components for a safe operation of the facility, even during critical events such a magnet quench or a vacuum breaking situation. The project is funded by US DOE Offices of Science, High Energy Physics (HEP), and Fusion Energy Sciences (FES).

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“…The establishment of this facility comprises two projects. The cryostat procurement, test pit preparation, installation, etc., are a Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) project [1]. The magnet assembly, coil fabrication, and conductor (wire procurement and cable fabrication) are an LBNL project known internally as the "Test Facility Dipole" project, or TFD.…”

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“…The TFD magnet (Figure 1) will, according to the conceptual design [1], [2] weigh not much more than ~20 t due to building Manuscript receipt and acceptance dates will be inserted here. The work performed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was supported by the Office of Science, U. S. Department of Energy, under contract No.…”

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Cable Design and Development for the High-Temperature Superconductor Cable Test Facility Magnet

Pong

Hafalia

Higley

et al. 2021

IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.

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A large bore "High Temperature Superconductor Cable Test Facility Magnet" for testing advanced cables and inserts in high transverse field is in its design phase. This magnet will be the core component of a facility for developing conductors and accelerator magnets operating above 15 T, an enabling technology for nextgeneration fusion devices using magnetic confinement of plasma and for future energy frontier colliders. The procurement of Nb3Sn conductor, fabrication of cables, winding of coils, and assembly of the dipole magnet will be done at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) and the test pit and cryostat will be constructed at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). This paper will present the conductor element of the LBNL project, specifically cable design parameters (based on the Bruker OST RRP ® Nb3Sn superconducting wire) and the development phase cable fabrication experience. Challenges of the cable fabrication will be discussed. The wire and cable planned for this magnet are similar to those under study for the Future Circular Collider and other large facility magnets. The successful fabrication of the development cable has positive implications for these other projects.

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Design and Construction of a High Field Cable Test Facility at Fermilab

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Status of the High Field Cable Test Facility at Fermilab

Status of the High Field Cable Test Facility at Fermilab

Cryogenic and safety design of the future high field cable test facility at Fermilab

Cable Design and Development for the High-Temperature Superconductor Cable Test Facility Magnet

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