The design of a tapered bore superconducting MHD magnet system
Abstract
A superconducting MHD magnet will produce a magnetic field on axis which tapers from 4 T to 2.75 T over an active field length of 1.04 m. The warm bore has a minimum ID of 0.29 m at the inlet and 0.53 m at the outlet; the magnet windings, structure, and helium vessel are 1.77 m long weighing 818 kg. A 24 strand Rutherford cable with a Kapton and B-stage epoxy-glass wrap is wound onto a cold bore tube in the shape of an annular saddle with arched end turns; the windings are separated by an internal structure to transmit the Lorentz body forces to the superstructure.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
- Pub Date:
- January 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TMAG.1981.1061034
- Bibcode:
- 1981ITM....17..348S
- Keywords:
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- Lorentz Force;
- Magnetohydrodynamic Generators;
- Structural Design;
- Superconducting Magnets;
- Wire Winding;
- Design Analysis;
- Energy Technology;
- High Current;
- Magnetic Control;
- Support Systems;
- Tapering;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering