Design and prototype fabrication of a 30 tesla cryogenic magnetA liquid-neon-cooled magnet has been designed to produce 30 teslas in steady operation. Its feasibility was established by a previously reported parametric study. To ensure the correctness of the heat transfer relationships used, supercritical neon heat transfer tests were made. Other tests made before the final design included tests on the effect of the magnetic field on pump motors; tensile-shear tests on the cryogenic adhesives; and simulated flow studies for the coolant. The magnet will be made of two pairs of coils, cooled by forced convection of supercritical neon. Heat from the supercritical neon will be rejected through heat exchangers which are made of roll-bonded copper panels and are submerged in a pool of saturated liquid neon. A partial mock-up coil was wound to identify the tooling required to wind the magnet. This was followed by winding a prototype pair of coils. The prototype winding established procedures for fabricating the final magnet and revealed slight changes needed in the final design.
Document ID
19780031914
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Prok, G. M. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Swanson, M. C. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, OH, United States)
Brown, G. V. (NASA Lewis Research Center Cleveland, Ohio, United States)