Reprint of First experience with the new Coupling Loss Induced Quench system》.pdf

Cryogenics 63 (2014) 263–274 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Cryogenics journal homepage: /lo cate/cryogenics Reprint of: First experience with the new Coupling Loss Induced Quench system E. Ravaioli a,b,⇑, V.I. Datskov a, A.V. Dudarev a, G. Kirby a, K.A. Sperin a,c, H.H.J. ten Kate a,b, A.P. Verweij a a CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research, POB Geneva 23, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland b University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands c University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: New-generation high-field superconducting magnets pose a challenge relating to the protection of the Received 18 October 2013 coil winding pack in the case of a quench. The high stored energy per unit volume calls for a very efficient Received in revised form 8 January 2014 quench detection and fast quench propagation in order to avoid damage due to overheating. Accepted 21 January 2014 A new protection system called Coupling-Loss Induced Quench (CLIQ) was recently developed and Available online 16 August 2014 tested at CERN. This method provokes a fast change in the magnet transport current by means of a capac- itive discharge. The resulting change in the local magnetic field induces inter-filament and inter-strand Keywords: coupling losses which heat up the superconductor and event