New Calorimetric AC Loss Measurement Technique Involving Superfluid Heluim

Autor: B. J. P. Baudouy, S.W. Van Sciver, K. Bartholomew
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: A Cryogenic Engineering Conference Publication ISBN: 9781461380221
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0373-2_51
Popis: We have developed a new calorimetric AC loss measurement facility involving superfluid helium (He II). At present, the Test of AC Loss (TACL) facility performs AC loss measurements on Cable-in-Conduit Conductors (CICC) under development for the NHMFL 45 Tesla hybrid superconducting outsert magnet. TACL can handle large scale conductors up to one meter in length. Measurements utilize the exceptional high heat conductivity of He II, which provides an isothermal environment and is the dominant enthalpy in the system. The test conductors are placed in an independent cryostat containing He II which is inserted in a superconducting dipole magnet producing a transverse magnetic field up to 7 T. For a change of the magnetic field and associated AC loss, the temperature variation of the He II surrounding the conductor is measured and directly converted to enthalpy variation of the He II. This paper describes the measurement technique and compare its resolution to that of more conventional calorimetric AC loss measurements.
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