NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 45, Issue 11, 110101(2022)

Cooling design and test for current leads of SHINE superconducting undulator prototype

Qisheng TANG1,2,3, Qiaogen ZHOU1,3、*, Tengma WU3, Jidong ZHANG3, Kai FAN3, Yi DING3, and Yongmei WEN3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
  • 2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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    Background Superconducting undulator (SCU) prototype with small magnet gap of 5 mm, long magnet length of 4 m and high magnet field of 1.58 T was being developed at Shanghai High Repetition rate XFEL and Extreme light facility (SHINE). Compared to any other superconducting undulator, there is no cryocooler being installed on the cryostat in this SCU prototype. Purpose This study aims at the cooling design for the binary current leads for SCU's normal operating. Methods Binary current leads composed of normal conductive copper leads and high temperature superconducting current leads (HTS) were adopted for SCU to connect superconducting coils inside the cryostat and outer cables. Low-temperature helium gas was used to transport independent refrigerator system to the cooling tubes inside the prototype, hence the binary current leads were cooled. Thermal conduction components installed on the middle of the thermal shield were employed to transfer heat load of normal conductive copper leads, and heat load of copper leads was optimized by simulation. Auxiliary superconducting rods were designed for connecting cold ends of HTS in the cryostat test. Results The temperature difference between hot ends of HTS and low-temperature helium gas is less than 20 K from the result of cryostat test, all binary current leads is operating normally with full current. Conclusions It is practicable to use cooling tubes with low-temperature helium gas to cool binary current leads of the SCU prototype by thermal conduction, which is different from cooling solution for current leads in any other SCU being developed presently.

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    Qisheng TANG, Qiaogen ZHOU, Tengma WU, Jidong ZHANG, Kai FAN, Yi DING, Yongmei WEN. Cooling design and test for current leads of SHINE superconducting undulator prototype[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2022, 45(11): 110101

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    Paper Information

    Category: Research Articles

    Received: Jan. 4, 2022

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Nov. 25, 2022

    The Author Email: ZHOU Qiaogen (zhouqiaogen@zjlab.org.cn)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2022.hjs.45.110101

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