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DRAFT<br />
• Resistance and Inductance Tests.<br />
• Continuity and Instrumentation Tests.<br />
Stage 3 - Final Evaluation Board<br />
All results of the tests have to be presented to the "Final Evaluation Board". This board will finally<br />
accept or reject a magnet based on the fulfilment of machine requirements by the magnet performance.<br />
This board can request to further test magnets not performing within the specifications.<br />
This investigation will require special diagnostic and measurement methods like Time Domain<br />
Reflectometry, High Voltage Discharge, and Partial Discharge.<br />
Further a set of expected signals has to be built along with an electrical model of each individual<br />
magnet (only practicable for magnets built in series).<br />
Power Test<br />
After the magnet has been cooled down and the integrity of its instrumentation is checked, the<br />
magnet current is ramped up until it either reaches the ultimate current or a portion of the superconductor<br />
becomes normal conducting (called quench). In the first case the magnet is successfully<br />
trained. In the later case the magnetic energy is transformed into thermal energy. Then the magnet<br />
needs to be cooled down again and the procedure has to be repeated until the ultimate current is<br />
reached. Pulsed magnets need to be checked additionally if they can be ramped without quenching.<br />
The First and Second Run Criterion are to be applied for power test. The First Run Criterion (FRC)<br />
states that magnet has to reach the nominal current (as a pulse and quasi DC) before certain<br />
numbers of quench (will be specified after pre-series magnet testing, for example 4). If the magnet<br />
does not fulfil FRC is should be submitted to a Second Thermal Cycle. For such magnets the<br />
Second Run Criterion (SRC) has to be applied. The SRC states that the level of the first quench<br />
during 2 nd run has to be above the first quench during the 1 st run and the magnet has to reach the<br />
nominal current (as a pulse and quasi DC) before certain numbers of quench (will be specified after<br />
pre-series magnet testing).<br />
Electrical Tests<br />
The integrity of the magnet instrumentation (voltage taps, thermometers) and electrical insulation<br />
has to be checked regularly to guarantee safety operation. These are typically performed after<br />
magnet reception, installing the magnet on the test bench, cool down, magnet training and warm<br />
up.<br />
The Insulation Test of each electrical circuit versus ground and between independent electrical<br />
circuits has to be performed if there is a mechanical contact between them. An insulation test has to<br />
be performed after each step which can affect the insulation quality; at least after completion of<br />
each stage. General measurement method is the high voltage DC test.<br />
The Resistance and Inductance Tests have to be performed after each step which changes the<br />
electrical configuration of the circuit and after any action which can affect the insulation of the<br />
circuit. General measurement methods are DC resistance measurement, AC impedance measurement,<br />
and high voltage discharge test<br />
The Continuity and Instrumentation Tests has to be performed after each step which can affect the<br />
mechanical and electrical integrity of the electrical circuit (magnet and sensors). Especially the<br />
instrumentation has to be checked after each step involving mechanical or thermal contraction. The<br />
DC resistance measurements (or voltage drop) on the circuit allow detecting possible broken<br />
connections (instrumentation).<br />
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