10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Bi-Filar Coil Winding for Fast Quench Protection

SUP059
10 Aug 2025, 15:00
3h
Ballroom A (SAFE Credit Union Convention Center)

Ballroom A

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

Poster Presentation MC6 - Beam Instrumentation, Controls, AI/ML, and Operational Aspects SUP: Sunday Student Poster Session

Speaker

Rehan Jayathilaka (Northern Illinois University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

Description

The advancement of high-field magnets utilizing high-temperature superconductors (HTS) brings about complex challenges, especially in quench detection and protection. Traditional methods often fall short due to the inherently slow quench propagation in HTS materials. One promising approach to overcome this involves using a bifilar winding configuration, where two conductors are placed side by side. Under normal operation, they function in series, but during a quench event, they switch to an anti-parallel mode. This shift reduces the differential inductance of the coil to near zero, enabling rapid current oscillations through a capacitor discharge. The resulting high-frequency current flow leads to swift, uniform heating, triggering a full-coil quench within microseconds. Moreover, the strong mutual coupling between the two windings significantly reduces electrical noise in voltage measurements. In this work, we explore the viability of this concept by designing, constructing, and testing a REBCO bifilar racetrack coil in liquid nitrogen. We also present a validated simulation model that closely mirrors the coil's dynamic behavior under these conditions, aligning well with experimental observations.

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Authors

Steve Krave (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory) Vittorio Marinozzi (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

Co-author

Rehan Jayathilaka (Northern Illinois University, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory)

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