IPAC2019 - List of Authors (Arpaia, P.)

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TUPMP040	Impact of Flux Jumps on High-Precision Powering of Nb₃Sn Superconducting Magnets	1338
	M. Martino, P. Arpaia, S. Ierardi CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
	Nb₃Sn superconducting magnets represent a technology enabler for future high-energy particle accelerators. A possible impediment, though, comes from flux jumps that, so far, could not be avoided by design unlike for NbTi technology. However, the impact of flux jumps on the powering has not been properly investigated to date. Flux jumps appear during current ramps at relatively low value of current and tend to disappear towards nominal current. They are usually detected as voltage jumps between different magnet coils but they might also produce overall voltage jumps across the magnet electrical terminals. Such jumps might perturb the power converter feedback control loop and therefore potentially jeopardize its precision performance during energy ramps. This work aims at : (i) presenting preliminary experimental test results on some HL-LHC Nb₃Sn model and prototype magnets, and (ii) attempting to build a simplified electrical model of the flux jumps (with focus only at its interaction with the power converter feedback control loop). Such work is a starting point for outlining possible power converters control strategies able to minimize flux jumps impact on high-precision powering of Nb₃Sn superconducting magnets.
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About •	paper received ※ 23 April 2019 paper accepted ※ 22 May 2019 issue date ※ 21 June 2019
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Impact of Flux Jumps on High-Precision Powering of Nb₃Sn Superconducting Magnets

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M. Martino, P. Arpaia, S. Ierardi
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland

Nb₃Sn superconducting magnets represent a technology enabler for future high-energy particle accelerators. A possible impediment, though, comes from flux jumps that, so far, could not be avoided by design unlike for NbTi technology. However, the impact of flux jumps on the powering has not been properly investigated to date. Flux jumps appear during current ramps at relatively low value of current and tend to disappear towards nominal current. They are usually detected as voltage jumps between different magnet coils but they might also produce overall voltage jumps across the magnet electrical terminals. Such jumps might perturb the power converter feedback control loop and therefore potentially jeopardize its precision performance during energy ramps. This work aims at : (i) presenting preliminary experimental test results on some HL-LHC Nb₃Sn model and prototype magnets, and (ii) attempting to build a simplified electrical model of the flux jumps (with focus only at its interaction with the power converter feedback control loop). Such work is a starting point for outlining possible power converters control strategies able to minimize flux jumps impact on high-precision powering of Nb₃Sn superconducting magnets.

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reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-TUPMP040

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paper received ※ 23 April 2019 paper accepted ※ 22 May 2019 issue date ※ 21 June 2019

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