Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Volume 32, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2022.3163693
Keywords
Coils; Stress; Cyclotrons; Windings; Electromagnetics; Azimuthal current; Integrated circuit modeling; Cyclotrons; high-temperature; no-insulation; superconducting magnets
Funding
- JSPS [18H05244]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18H05244] Funding Source: KAKEN
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This study presents a numerical evaluation of the mechanical properties of non-insulated REBCO coils in the Skeleton Cyclotron during charging and quenching. The results show that the radial current in the sector coil during quenching can generate rotating force and non-symmetric deformation.
We are developing a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) air-core compact cyclotron, named Skeleton Cyclotron (Ueda et al. 2013), (Ueda et al. 2019), that can accelerate various particles and variable energy for radioisotope (RI) production. The coil system of Skeleton Cyclotron consists of circular main coils and noncircular sector coils which are wound by REBa2Cu3O6+delta (REBCO) tape applied no-insulation (NI) winding technique for both high current densities and thermal stabilities. The electromagnetic and thermal behaviors in NI coil differs from those in conventional insulated coils during charging, discharging, and quenching. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the mechanical behavior and reinforcement structure of multiple NI coils in Skeleton Cyclotron. In this study, we report on the numerical evaluation of mechanical properties of NI REBCO coils in Skeleton Cyclotron at charging and quenching considering the current distributions and electromagnetic stresses unique to NI coils. In the quenching process, the radial current in a quenching pancake of the sector coil became dominant, resulting in generating the rotating force and non-symmetric deformation. YOROI-coil (Y-based oxide superconductor and reinforcing outer integrated coil) structure is effective for the additional magnetic stress.
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