Impregnation damage monitoring for the canted-cosine-theta magnets using time-domain reflectometry
- 9 May 2024
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Superconductor Science and Technology
- Vol. 37 (6) , 065009
Abstract
Impregnation plays a crucial role in the performance and protection of superconducting magnets. To investigate the impregnation status during quench training, a vector network analyzer (VNA)-based time domain reflectometry (TDR) is introduced. The proposed method and analyses focus on demonstrating their applicability within canted-cosine-theta (CCT) magnets, covering both artificially induced quenches using spot heaters and naturally occurring quenches. To verify the performance of the proposed method, VNA-based TDR is applied to CCT Subscale magnets developed in the US Magnet Development Program. The findings contribute to a deeper understanding of CCT superconducting magnet behavior and inform strategies for improving their performance.Keywords
Funding Information
- High Energy Physics (DE- AC02-05CH11231)
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