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Explore optimizing magnet design with material selection, coil thickness, and current density for stronger dipoles and quadrupoles. Understand equations, flowchart, and parameters influencing design. Examples and analysis provided.
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Unit 9 Electromagnetic designEpisode II Soren Prestemon and Paolo Ferracin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) Ezio Todesco European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
QUESTIONS • Given a material and an aperture, and a quantity of cable, what is the strongest dipole / quadrupole we can build ? • Can we have explicit equations ? • Or do we have to run codes in each case ?
CONTENTS 1. Dipoles: short sample field versus material and lay-out 2. Quadrupoles: short sample gradient versus material and lay-out 3. A flowchart for magnet design
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • We recall the equations for the critical surface • Nb-Ti: linear approximation is good with c~6.0108 [A/(T m2)] and B*c2~10 T at 4.2 K or 13 T at 1.9 K • LHC production: c~6.7108 [A/(T m2)] and B*c2~13.4 T at 1.9 K
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • The current density in the coil is lower • Strand made of superconductor and normal conducting (copper) • Cu-sc is the ratio between the copper and the superconductor, usually ranging from 1 to 2 in most cases • If the strands are assembled in rectangular cables, there are voids: • w-c is the fraction of cable occupied by strands (usually ~85%) • The cables are insulated: • c-i is the fraction of insulated cable occupied by the bare cable (~85%) • The current density flowing in the insulated cable is reduced by a factor (filling ratio) • The filling ratio ranges from ¼ to 1/3 • The critical surface for j (engineering current density) is
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Examples of filling ratio in dipoles (similar for quads) • Copper to superconductor ranging from 1.2 to 2.2 • Extreme case of D20: 0.43 • Void fraction from 11% to 18% • Insulation from 11% to 18% • Case of FNAL HFDA: 24% for insulation
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • We characterize the coil by two parameters • : how much field in the centre is given per unit of current density • : ratio between peak field and central field • for a sector dipole or a cos , w • for a cos dipole, =1 • We can now compute what is the highest peak field that can be reached in the dipole in the case of a linear critical surface
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • We can now compute the maximum current density that can be tolerated by the superconductor (short sample limit) the short sample current is and the short sample field is
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • When we go for larger and larger coils we increase both (central field) and (peak field) • when c >>1 (large coil) • The interplay between these two factors constitutes the problem of the coil optimization • Note that the slope of the critical surface c defines the “large coil” • Note that for large coils the filling factor becomes not relevant
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Examples • The quantity lkcg is larger than 1 in the 6 analysed dipoles, and is around 5 for dipoles with large coil widths (SSC, LHC, Fresca) • This means that for these three dipoles we are rather close to the maximum field we can get with Nb-Ti
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Examples of g (central field per unit of current density) • Good agreement (within 4%) between 5 dipoles (no grading) and [0°-48°,60°-72°] lay-out • Five cases give 10-20% due to grading (see Unit 11)
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Numerical evaluation of for different sector coils • To compute the peak field one has to compute the field everywhere in the coil, and take the maximum • One can prove that the maximum is always on the border of the coil – useful to reduce the computation time RHIC main dipole – location of the peak field LHC main dipole – location of the peak field Tevatron main dipole – location of the peak field
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Numerical evaluation of for different sector coils • For large widths, 1 • This means that for very large widths we can reach B*c2 !
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Numerical evaluation of for different sector coils • For interesting widths (10 to 30 mm) is 1.05 - 1.15 • The cos approx having =1 is not so bad for w>20 mm • The [0°-48°,60°-72°] is well fit by with a~0.045
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Examples of l (ratio between peak field and central field) • Agreement with the semi-analytical fit found for the [0°-48°,60°-72°] lay-out is good (within 2% in the analysed cases)
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • We now can write the short sample field for a sector coil as a function of • Material parametersc, B*c2 • Cable parameters • Aperturer and coil widthw for a [0°-48°,60°-72°] coil, a=0.045 0=6.6310-7 [Tm/A] for Nb-Tic~6.0108 [A/(T m2)] and B*c2~10 T at 4.2 K or 13 T at 1.9 K • Cos model: =210-7 [Tm/A]
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Evaluation of short sample field in sector lay-outs and cos model for a given aperture (r=30 mm) • Tends asymptotically to B*c2, as B*c2w/(1+w), for w • Similar results for different position of wedges
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Dependence on the aperture • For very large aperture magnets, one has less field for the same coil thickness • For small apertures it tends to the cos model
1. DIPOLES: FIELD VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Case of Nb3Sn • The critical surface is not linear, it can be solved numerically • The saturation for large widths is slower (due to the shape of the surface)
CONTENTS 1. Dipoles: short sample field versus material and lay-out 2. Quadrupoles: short sample gradient versus material and lay-out 3. A flowchart for magnet design
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • The same approach can be used for a quadrupole • We define the only difference is that now gives the gradient per unit of current density, and in Bp we multiply by r for having T and not T/m • We compute the quantities at the short sample limit for a material with a linear critical surface (as Nb-Ti) • Please note that is not any more proportional to w and independent of r !
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Please note that is not any more proportional to w and independent of r ! • Actual values fit well with the constant for [0°-24°,30°-36°] lay-out 0=6.6310-7 [Tm/A], as for the dipoles … [0°-30°] lay-out
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • The ratio is defined as ratio between peak field and gradient times aperture (central field is zero …) • Numerically, one finds that for large coils • Peak field is “going outside” for large widths RHIC main quadrupole LHC main quadrupole
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • The ratio is defined as ratio between peak field and gradient times aperture (central field is zero …) • The ratio depends on w/r • A good fit is a-1~0.04 and a1~0.11 for the [0°-24°,30°-36°] coil • A reasonable approximation is ~0=1.15 for ¼<w/r<1
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Comparison for the ratio lbetween the fit for the [0°-24°,30°-36°] coil and actual values
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • We now can write the short sample gradient for a sector coil as a function of • Material parametersc, B*c2 (linear case as Nb-Ti) • Cable parameters • Aperturer and coil widthw • Relevant feature: for very large coil widths w the short sample gradient tends to zero !
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Evaluation of short sample gradient in several sector lay-outs for a given aperture (r=30 mm) • No point in making coils larger than 30 mm ! • Max gradient is 300 T/m and not 13/0.03=433 T/m !! We lose 30% !! -30%
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Dependence of of short sample gradient on the aperture • Large aperture quadrupoles go closer to G*=B*c2/r • Very small aperture quadrupoles do not exploit the sc !! • Large aperture need smaller ratio w/r • For r=30-100 mm, no need of having w>r
2. QUADRUPOLES: GRADIENT VERSUS MATERIAL AND COIL THICKNESS • Case of Nb3Sn – in this case one can solve the equations numerically • Gain is ~50% in gradient for the same aperture (at 35 mm) • Gain is ~70% in aperture for the same gradient (at 200 T/m)
CONTENTS 1. Dipoles: short sample field versus material and lay-out 2. Quadrupoles: short sample gradient versus material and lay-out 3. A flowchart for magnet design
3. A FLOWCHART FOR MAGNET DESIGN - DIPOLES • Having an aperture • The technology gives the maximal field that can be reached • Nb-Ti: 7-8 T at 4.2 K, 11 T at 1.9 K (80% of B*c2) • Nb3Sn: 17-20 T ? • Having an aperture and a field • One can evaluate the thickness of the coil needed to get the field using the equations for a sector coil • Cost optimization – higher fields costs more and more $$$ (or euro)
3. A FLOWCHART FOR MAGNET DESIGN - DIPOLES • Having aperture, field and cable thickness • Surface necessary to get that field can be estimated (i.e. number of turns) or • Wedges are put to optimize field quality • Sometimes the cable is given, but not the field • Having the cable one can make a quick estimation of the short sample field that can be obtained with 1/2/3 … layers • Then the actual lay-out with wedges is made • At first order one aims at zero multipoles – pure field • Successive optimizations • Effect of iron (Unit 11) and persistent currents (Unit 15) is included – fine tuning of cross-section • Balance of optimization between low and high field • Once built, an additional correction is usually needed (Unit 20) • Models are not enough precise (in absolute) but work well in relative
4. CONCLUSIONS • We wrote equations for computing the short sample field or gradient • This gives the dependence on the aperture, coil thickness, filling ration, material • Episode III • Can we make better ? • What about iron ? • Other lay-outs
REFERENCES • Field quality constraints • M. N. Wilson, Ch. 1 • P. Schmuser, Ch. 4 • A. Asner, Ch. 9 • Classes given by A. Devred at USPAS • Electromagnetic design • S. Caspi, P. Ferracin, “Limits of Nb3Sn accelerator magnets“, Particle Accelerator Conference (2005) 107-11. • L. Rossi, E. Todesco, Electromagnetic design of superconducting quadrupoles , Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams9 (2006) 102401. • Classes given by R. Gupta at USPAS 2006, Unit 3,4,5,6 • S. Russenschuck, et al, CERN 99-01 (1999) 18-30 and 82-92. • Numerical methods to calculate magnetic field • S. Russenschuck, “Electromagnetic design of superconducting accelerator magnets”, CERN 2004-008 (2004) 71-117.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS • B. Auchmann, L. Bottura, A. Den Ouden, A. Devred, P. Ferracin, V. Kashikin, A. McInturff, T. Nakamoto, N. Schwerg, S. Russenschuck, T. Taylor, C. Vollinger, S. Zlobin, for kindly providing magnet designs … and perhaps others I forgot • S. Caspi, L. Rossi for discussing magnet design, grading, and other interesting subjects … • No frogs have been harmed during the preparation of these slides
APPENDIX AAN EXPLICIT EXPRESSION FOR NB3SN • Case of Nb3Sn – an explicit expression • An analytical expression can be found using a hyperbolic fit that agrees well between 11 and 17 T with c~4.0109 [A/(T m2)] and b~21 T at 4.2 K, b~23 T at 1.9 K • Using this fit one can find explicit expression for the short sample field and the constant are the same as before (they depend on the lay-out, not on the material)