Oral presentation (10 min) + Q&A (10 min)
Introduction to the Workshop
A very short description of the PSI and related activities
Practical details on accommodation and PSI day.
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
The Test Facility for Large Magnets and Superconducting Lines (TFML) in Salerno, Italy, is a state-of-the-art laboratory dedicated to the development and testing of superconducting technologies. Established and operated by the National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) in collaboration with the University of Salerno's Physics Department TFML...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
The STAARQ cryogenic test station is designed to test and characterize magnetically 2 series of quadrupole magnets for the LHC accelerator: 6 MQ magnets running at 13kA for the LHC consolidation project and 2 MQYY magnets running at 6kA for the HiLumi project. The pressurized superfluid bath required to run those magnets in the station at 1.9K and...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
The test capabilities of the SM18 vertical magnet test station is growing alongside the more diverse magnets that will be tested there. An overview of the status of the test station will be presented, and the main upgrades will be summarized in this presentation. These include: a new insert with ~3 m long anticryostats for the Cluster D cryostat, a...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
Gauss Fusion is developing the magnet system for a conventional 4-module QI Stellarator based 1GW electrical plant with realistic and commercially viable component maintenance routes and nuclear life times. Such a choice produces a design so that the magnetic systems do not require very high field strength (up to about 13 T). However, they have...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
The Superconducting Magnet Test Facility (SMTF) at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center provides a range of capabilities to support development of HTS magnet technology. Constructed between 2019-2021 around the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) – a non-insulated HTS magnet – it has subsequently been upgraded and employed to service a broader...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
General Atomics (GA) is under contract by US ITER organization (UT-Battelle c/o Oak Ridge National Laboratory) for the fabrication of ITER Central Solenoid (CS) Magnet Modules. GA will provide seven modules to ITER Organization (IO), six of which will be assembled in a stack that forms the ITER Central Solenoid. All CS Modules are required to pass...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
The FREIA Laboratory, which is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University in Sweden, is a research facility that focuses on R&D on superconducting accelerator technology. As part of the lab, there is the vertical cryostat Gersemi with an associated test-stand for superconducting magnets. We are currently upgrading the...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
LASA laboratory at INFN Milano unit have been testing superconducting magnets and conductors at 4.5 K for several projects, including ATLAS, DISCORAP (SIS300) and HL-LHC high order correctors by three test stations. An update of those test stations is ongoing in the framework of the next generation EU project IRIS (Innovative Research...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
A test facility has been developed at the Paul Scherrer Institut to test cryocooler-based LTS and HTS magnets and develop novel cryogenic devices for their cooling. This contribution describes the experimental set-up, different tests of insulated and non-insulated HTS magnets and shows the results of the, to our knowledge, first ever cooldown and...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
Supported by the national project CRAFT, which aims to explore and master fusion DEMO level key technologies and establish testing facilities for key material, components and system for CFETR, serials cold test facility for SC material, conductor and magnet are under construction and planned to be completed this year. The SC material testing...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
Very high permanent magnetic fields, i.e., over 20 T, are produced by superconducting magnets made partially, or fully, with high-temperature superconducting (HTS) conductors. These specific magnets generally operate at liquid helium temperatures to take full advantage of the HTS properties. Very high-field magnets, usually immersed in a saturated...
Oral presentation (15 min) + Q&A (5 min)
Presentation of the updated online lectures on superconducting magnet test stands, protection, and diagnostics, scheduled for June 3rd–13th, 2025.
Oral presentation (25 min) + Q&A (10 min)
An extensive characterization of cable-in-conduit conductors (CICC) at the EPFL Swiss Plasma Center led to the construction of the JORDI test stand in the 2000s, initially used for JOint Resistance DIstribution measurements in CICC immersed in a liquid helium bath [1]. The test stand is connected to a cryoplant supplying helium in a supercritical...
Oral presentation (25 min) + Q&A (10 min)
The EDIPO 2 test facility will complement and enhance SULTAN at EPFL-SPC, which has qualified superconductors for all major superconducting fusion facilities worldwide over the past two decades. EDIPO2 will significantly enhance the high-current and high-field testing capabilities at EPFL-SPC to align with the requirements of the new generation of...
Join us for a free exchange regarding the Women in Science and Technology on the 2nd of April 2025 at PSI.
Are you passionate about the future of science and technology? Don’t miss this engaging discussion on the role of women in superconductivity and cryogenic measurements!
• Meet female scientists who are pioneering in superconductivity and cryogenic research.
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Three quench detection methods are being developed at SPC: (1) resistance measurements of superconducting quench detection (SQD) wires, (2) voltage measurements across series-connected thermocouple wires, and (3) measurements of the spectral shift of light reflected by FBG optical fibers. All three methods primarily respond to temperature rise and are designed to be immune to electromagnetic...
Detection of the thermal runaway and its precursors is critical for HTS high-field magnets in High Energy Physics and Fusion applications. Among various distributed sensing techniques, radio-frequency (RF)-based methodology emerges as a versatile method combining the best features of other sensing technologies, such as fiber-optic and ultrasonic sensing, while offering unique capabilities such...
Being able to accurately measure magnetic field harmonics with a stationary probe can be advantageous. The typical mechanics required to rotate the probe and maintain alignment are obviated, as even could be the anti-cryostat for a superconducting magnet test, for example. This talk describes work towards one such device which uses a piezo sensor to detect torque caused by AC power applied in...
Oral presentation (20 min) + Q&A (10 min)
Tokamak Energy is pursuing commercial fusion energy based on the development of spherical tokamaks with high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets. We have embarked on a broad magnet devel- opment programme, addressing technologies including coil manufacturing, quench protection, modelling and simulation, HTS irradiation, and other aspects. Part...
