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2.4.2.6 Current Leads<br />

DRAFT<br />

The current leads provide the electrical link between the normal conducting cables connected to the<br />

power converter at ambient temperature and the superconducting cables connected to the magnets<br />

at liquid helium temperature and must therefore operate in the temperature range from 300 K to 4.5<br />

K.<br />

The large heat load introduced by the currents leads into the magnet cryostat is attributed to heat<br />

conduction down the lead from ambient to liquid helium temperature and ohmic heat generation<br />

within the leads. The attempt to minimise both thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity is<br />

constrained by the fact that most materials obey the Wiedemann-Franz Law. This results in the<br />

existence of a minimum heat leak which is practically independent of material properties, but is<br />

determined by the optimum shape of the leads [18].<br />

The magnets of the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS will be powered via vapour-cooled current leads at currents ranging<br />

from 170 A up to 300 A. Every magnet will have an individual pair of current leads located on the<br />

magnet cryostat. The total numbers of leads required and the correspondent currents are listed in<br />

Table 2.4.22 [19].<br />

Table 2.4.22: Number and currents of current leads required for the <strong>Super</strong>-FRS.<br />

No. of current<br />

lead pairs<br />

Current [A]<br />

Dipoles (separator) 24 246<br />

Dipoles (Energy Buncher) 4 200<br />

Quadrupoles 68 292<br />

Hexapoles 41 171<br />

Octupoles 36<br />

Vapour-cooled leads are usually designed as high efficiency heat exchangers made of copper or<br />

brass. The lower end of the lead, which is directly connected to the low temperature superconductor<br />

(LTS), is immersed in liquid helium. The heat conducted down the lead causes evaporation<br />

of the helium and the vapour is used as cooling gas for the conductor, see Fig.1. The gas escaping<br />

the lead at the warm end is controlled by a valve.<br />

Thus the full cooling capacity of the helium can be utilised, not only the latent heat of vaporization<br />

but also the change in enthalpy of the gas as it warms up to room temperature.<br />

Nowadays there exist standard designs commercially available for vapour-cooled current leads and<br />

they can be optimised for different current ratings with a minimum heat leak which is close to the<br />

optimum value of 1.1 mW/A per lead.<br />

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