Revision as of 15:28, 22 June 2011

Items for followup from previous meeting

1. Questions to JLab

Tentative Agenda

• 8:30 Meet in CC324. Tour of the Hall D experimental area.
  • Elton, Tim
• 9:30 Tour of the test lab and ongoing testing of individual solenoid coils.
  • George, Elton
• 10:30 CC324. Group Discussion/ Question & Answer session
  • George, Tim, Eugene, Elton, Johathan, Glenn
  • Ettore on the phone (not confirmed)
• Lunch
• 1:30 Closeout
  • Clarify any remaining questions
  • Assign task list for future work
• 2:30 Discussions with Hall B personnel concerning toroid (not confirmed)

Minutes

Attending: Brad Smith, Alexey Radovinsky, Elton Smith, Glenn Young, Eugene Chudakov, George Biallas, Tim Whitlatch, Jonathan Creel

1. Brad and Alexey were given tours of the experimental Hall D and the coil test in the Test Lab
2. Discussions began with presentations by Alexey (magnetic and mechanical design) and Brad (conductor choices)
3. Magnetic and mechanical design (Alexey)
   1. Used ANSYS 2D and Vector Fields 3D modeling
   2. Fringe fields 6m downstream is calculated at 230-250 G, exceeding the specification. No cladding was included to this point, but will be added and fields checked
   3. Three subcoils used to produce the field profile
   4. Calculated axial Lorenz forces on coils was 1.4 MN.
      • George will provide comparable forces on the existing coils
   5. Winding and mechanical supports were presented
4. Project organization (Brad)
   • Brad will serve as project engineer and also responsible for conductor design and quench protection
   • Alexey responsible for field design and mechanical design
   • Cryogenic engineer will be added at the appropriate time
   • Mechanical designer provides support with Solid Works for drawings and integration
5. Conductor options considered
   1. New SS cable and stabilizer
      • Likely optimum but cable cost ~ $180k, 5800 A capability
   2. Existing SSC cable soldered into copper stabilizer
      • Most likely the most practical option. 7500 A capability
   3. Existing SSC cable soldered into aluminum stabilizer (likely use 5083 Al)
   4. Require about 7600 m of conductor. Joints may be required and if so would be placed at the end of each layer.

Action Items

1. Complete interface drawings with sign off. (Tim)
   • Also make available drawings of filler rings.
   • Include estimate of Helium level
2. Provide parameters of refrigerator and cryogenic system (Johnathan)
3. Provide drawings of service cryo cans (both D and C types) (George)
4. Add cladding to model and repeat magnetic calculations to check fringe fields (Alexey)
5. Send (draft) presentation to everyone (Alexey and Brad)
6. Consider options for inserting coil from upstream end. (JLab)
   • Preference is to have the chimney upstream (to minimize saturation downstream and have lower fields at current leads), but will weigh alternatives
   • Provide guidance on location following evaluation
7. Provide estimate weight of coil (Brad)
8. Provide table of lengths of SSC cable, so that splicing options can be studied (Elton)
9. Get name of company that is extruding copper channel for conductor (Elton/Glenn)
10. Provide information regarding the nitronic rods (non-magnetic stainless) as an option for tensioning supports (Tim)
11. Specify guidelines (requirements) for burnout-proof leads (George?)
12. (Added while writing minutes) Provide forces on existing coils for comparison with new coil (George)
13. (Added while writing minutes) Provide quench protection circuit and thresholds for existing coil (George)