CCT R&D meeting #1

Europe/Zurich

Attendees: Helene Felice, Ariel Haziot, Glyn Kirby, Davide Tomasini

Presentation draft plan by AH

  • Mains technological choices to make before D1.
  • Requirements for these choices.
    • DT notices that "no cracks" is not appropriate for wax. HF proposes "Minimize energy realease during cool down"
    • Discussion on a different strategy for magnet design: something that remains all the the time under compression, releasing stress on the former. The former is supported by the outer rim. For example a liquid that expends when cooled down
    • Necessity of a 2D model and FEA
  • Description of the winding test
    • Cabling machine used for Hi-lumni CCT is weak according to FOP, opportunity to improve it.Desc
  • Description of the impregnation test
    • A small coil test is still important. The box test is not so representative. Small amount of cable 1km instead of 9 for D1.
  • Description of the cheap field laboratory
    • The small CCT idea gets some good feedback as it can start almost now.
    • This program is important and should be ran in parralale to the small tests for D1

Presentation design ideas by GK

  • Design of combined function with only few turns.
    • 2 layers, 8 turns, 200 mm aperture, still almost 4T peak field
    • 2 layers, 4 turns, 200 mm aperture, around 2T peak field
    • what about 2 turns ?
    • what about 2 turns and 50 mm aperture ?
    • ...

Other discussion

The GRP former, what  should we do with it? It is proposed to use it to do small coil test on GRP formers. Maybe design a step file with the path for 2 coils with 2 layer on the full length. We will slice it afterwards.

Conclusion

  • AH makes a timeline with list of tests/formers/design
    • GK: winding test > impregnation > short sample
  • AH calculates the approximated current in the small CCT and prepare a comparative table with 3 options.
    • 56 mm
    • 100 mm
    • 200 mm (20 mH)
  • GK will prepare some more designs, specially for the small CCTs
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