EP1999764A1 - Kryostat mit einem magnetspulensystem, das eine unterkühlte lts- und eine in einem separaten heliumtank angeordnete hts-sektion umfasst - Google Patents
Kryostat mit einem magnetspulensystem, das eine unterkühlte lts- und eine in einem separaten heliumtank angeordnete hts-sektion umfasstInfo
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- EP1999764A1 EP1999764A1 EP07723070A EP07723070A EP1999764A1 EP 1999764 A1 EP1999764 A1 EP 1999764A1 EP 07723070 A EP07723070 A EP 07723070A EP 07723070 A EP07723070 A EP 07723070A EP 1999764 A1 EP1999764 A1 EP 1999764A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
- H01F6/00—Superconducting magnets; Superconducting coils
- H01F6/04—Cooling
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- Krvostat with a magnetic coil system which includes a supercooled LTS and a HTS section arranged in a separate helium tank
- the invention relates to a cryostat comprising a magnetic coil system comprising a superconductive conductor for generating a magnetic field Bo in a measuring volume, having a plurality of radially-nested, electrically connected, coil-shaped coil sections, of which at least one LTS section comprises a conventional cryogenic superconductor ( LTS) and at least one HTS section comprises a high temperature superconductor (HTS), wherein the liquid helium LTS section is located in a first helium tank of the cryostat at a helium temperature T L ⁇ 4K.
- LTS conventional cryogenic superconductor
- HTS high temperature superconductor
- LTS low-temperature superconductors
- NbTi and Nb 3 Sn are relatively easy to process and reliable in use.
- the conductor of an LTS coil section usually consists of a good normal conductive metallic matrix (eg copper), in which superconducting filaments are located, which completely take over the current during normal operation.
- NbTi these are usually tens to hundreds, in the case of Nb 3 Sn, it may be more than a hundred thousand.
- the inner structure of the ladder is a bit more complex, but this does not matter in the present context.
- the coil sections are cooled with liquid helium in a cryostat.
- the superconducting coil sections generally dive at least partially into liquid helium.
- the coil sections are possibly operated with supercooled helium at a temperature below 4 K, whereby their current carrying capacity and their critical magnetic field can be increased even more.
- the temperature may be at or below the so-called lambda point (about 2.2 K) at which the liquid helium becomes superfluous.
- HTS high-temperature superconductor
- conductors containing HTS can carry much more current and achieve higher magnetic field strengths than those with LTS.
- HTS material is therefore primarily suitable as material for the innermost coil sections of a magnetic coil system.
- HTS or even ceramic superconductors are mainly available as bismuth conductors with HTS filaments in a silver-containing matrix.
- the ladders are predominantly in the form of ribbons.
- a cryostat of the type presented at the outset which is characterized in that the HTS section is arranged radially inside the LTS section in a separate helium tank of the normal liquid helium cryostat and from the LTS section at least one wall between the two helium tanks is separated.
- the present invention is based on the finding that the ballooning is caused by supercooled, at least temporarily superfluid, helium which penetrates into the interior of the HTS material where it expands or evaporates HTS material is ceramic and therefore typically has a certain porosity
- the liquid helium can penetrate through the pores into the interior of the HTS, in particular in the superfluid state of helium, which is below the ⁇ -point temperature of approximately 2.2 K (due to fluctuations possibly also slightly above 2, 2), the helium can also penetrate even the smallest of gaps: in the case of a later warming above the boiling point of helium, the helium increases in volume during evaporation, and if the heating is too rapid, the evaporating helium can not escape from the pores in time A considerable pressure builds up in the pores of the HTS Since HTS is a ceramic and thus brittle material, the HT S finally be blown up by this pressure.
- the HTS section or HTS sections of the magnet coil system is located in the separate helium tank of the cryostat between the inner wall of the first helium tank and the room temperature bore. In the separate helium tank certainly no superfluid helium is present.
- the operating temperature of the HTS section may well be slightly higher than that of the LTS sections in the first helium tank, because at or below 4 K, the critical current of the HTS conductor depends only very little on the temperature, in contrast to the situation with the LTS sections.
- cryostat Preferred is an embodiment of the cryostat according to the invention, wherein the temperature of the liquid helium in the first tank T L ⁇ 2.5 K, in particular ⁇ 2.2 K. At these low temperatures is the danger a Ballooning without the measures according to the invention particularly large, so that the advantages of the invention come into its own. Since the critical current densities of the conductors of the LTS sections increase with decreasing temperature, the low temperatures permit higher magnetic field strengths B 0 and / or more compact LTS sections.
- a preferred embodiment of the cryostat according to the invention provides that superconducting leads also run to the at least one HTS section in the separate helium tank, specifically at least as far as the supply lines contain HTS. This protects all HTS material up to and including the joints from superfluid helium.
- a conductor of conventional superconducting material e.g. a NbTi multifilamentary wire, to a passage in the first helium tank.
- the superconducting conductor is passed through this feedthrough so that the full magnet current can pass losslessly from the HTS section to the LTS sections and back.
- a superconductive switch for the lossless continuous current mode is usually located in a separate helium tank, with a vertically arranged magnet coil above the LTS sections.
- the radiation shield reduces heat input by radiation from the room temperature hole into the HTS section.
- a preferred embodiment provides that the magnetic field B 0 generated in the measurement volume by the magnet coil system is greater than 20 T, in particular greater than 23 T. These strong magnetic fields are easily accessible by means of HTS section and the cryostat according to the invention. In contrast, with conventional magnet systems based only on LTS sections, the theoretical limit is almost reached at these field strengths, and the critical current density tends toward zero. Also preferred is an embodiment in which the coil sections of the magnet coil system can be superconductingly short-circuited during operation. As a result, a particularly stable magnetic field B 0 is achieved.
- an embodiment which is characterized in that the magnetic coil system with respect to the homogeneity of the magnetic field B 0 in the measurement volume and the temporal stability of Bo meets the requirements of high-resolution NMR spectroscopy.
- the separate helium tank has a temperature of the liquid helium contained therein of about 4.2 K. This makes refilling this tank particularly easy and safe.
- the separate helium tank is preferably separated from the first by a vacuum barrier, but connected to the first helium tank (see eg US 5,220,800).
- the liquid helium in the first helium tank has a temperature T L ⁇ 4K.
- the separate helium tank is arranged partially above the first helium tank about a common, preferably vertical room temperature bore.
- the two tanks can be separated by a vacuum barrier and coupled via a narrow, eg gap-shaped connection.
- the upper tank may be at about normal pressure or slightly above it so that overall refilling of helium can be easier and safer. So that the tanks do not oscillate with the sections in them against each other and thereby the stability of measurements suffers, they can be rigidly connected. This is done on the one hand on the suspensions of the tanks in the cryostat or on preferably thermally poorly conductive spacers, possibly with ddlingförmigem contact from the usually provided in the Kryostatenbau therefor materials. If the associated thermal contact can be accepted, the sections or their supports can also be attached to a common floor plate or strut, for example made of steel or titanium, which is part of the helium tanks or firmly connected.
- the sections or their carriers can in turn be rigidly connected to the tanks. It may be sufficient to have the connected LTS sections on the bottom of the first tank and the HTS section on the bottom of the separate tank.
- Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of a cryostat according to the invention with LTS section and HTS section in separate helium tanks in a schematic representation.
- 1 shows an embodiment of a cryostat 1 according to the invention.
- the cryostat 1 has a room temperature bore 2 in which a measuring volume 3 for a sample is provided.
- the measuring volume 3 is located in the center of a magnetic coil system, which here is formed by three solenoid-shaped coil sections 4, 5, 6.
- the middle coil section 5 is wound with Nb ⁇ Sn wire and the outermost coil section 6 is wound with NbTi wire.
- the coil sections 4, 5, 6 are electrically connected in series with one another, by way of example with the two superconducting transition points (joints) 7a and 7b.
- the HTS material of a lead 4a to the HTS coil section 4 is connected to a junction piece 8 made of NbTi, and at the joint 7b the junction piece 8 is connected to the Nb ⁇ Sn wire of the LTS section 5.
- the transition piece 8 enters a passage 18 through a vacuum barrier 9a between a first helium tank 9, in which the LTS sections 5 and 6 are nested in one another, and a separate helium tank 19, in which the HTS section 4 is located.
- the passage 18 is a connection of the two tanks 9, 19 and sealed against the vacuum 14 of the cryostat.
- the first helium tank 9 is filled with liquid helium.
- the liquid helium in the helium tank 9 has a temperature T L ⁇ 4 K, in particular about 2 K.
- the helium tank 9 is for isolation, in particular radially outwardly surrounded by a radiation shield 10.
- the radiation shield 10 also extends between the HTS section 4 and the room temperature bore 2.
- the radiation shield 10 is cooled with liquid nitrogen, which can be filled into container 10a.
- further radiation shields can be provided, which are usually also cooled by evaporating helium gas.
- a radiation shield can also be thermally coupled directly to the separate helium tank 19 and substantially surround the first tank 9.
- the radiation shields can be battery-cooled, whereby the nitrogen tank 10a can be omitted.
- the refrigerator can also be a Re-cooling the evaporating helium take over, so that the refill intervals are extended for liquid helium or refilling is necessary only after a major accident.
- the HTS coil section 4 While the LTS coil sections 5, 6 are immersed in possibly superfluid helium, the HTS coil section 4 together with the supply line 4a and the joint 7a is arranged in the separate helium tank 19, which contains only normal liquid or gaseous helium. This ensures that no superfluid helium in HTS material of the HTS coil section 4 or its lead 4a can penetrate. As a result, it can not happen that superfluid helium inside the HTS material evaporates again and the volume increase can cause the HTS material to burst from the inside.
- Helium tank 19 should drop noticeably below 4 K, a heater 17 for the HTS section 4 including supply line 4a and joint 7a is provided so that in a separate tank 19 under no circumstances superfluid helium can occur.
- the entirety of the evacuated interior of the cryostat 1 forms the vacuum part 14 of the cryostat 1.
- the vacuum part 14 there is a pressure of less than 10 "5 mbar.
- the HTS section 4 is slightly warmer than the LTS sections 5 and 6.
- a bottom plate 15 forms with a radially outer part of the lower wall of the helium tank 9.
- the bottom plate 15 continues radially inward to below the HTS section 4 on.
- On the bottom plate 15 has two annular flanges 16a, 16b attached.
- the LTS section 6 is directly attached, and the LTS section 5 via a coil carrier, not shown.
- the bottom plate 15 with the bottom plate 15a of the separate helium tank 19, on the HTS section. 4 is firmly mounted, rigidly connected.
- the bottom plate 15 is preferably formed in one piece. The arrangement described allows simultaneous handling of all coil sections 4, 5, 6 during assembly of the cryostat 1 via the common base plate 15.
- the cryostat 1 of FIG. 1 is preferably part of an NMR apparatus, such as an NMR spectrometer or an NMR tomograph, in particular a high-resolution high-field NMR spectrometer with a magnetic field B 0 > 20 T, preferably> 23 T in the measurement volume, wherein the magnetic coil system with respect to the homogeneity of the magnetic field B 0 in the measuring volume and the time stability of B 0 meets the requirements of high-resolution NMR spectroscopy, which usually requires that the coil sections of the magnetic coil system can be superconductingly short-circuited during operation.
- the coil axes and the room temperature bore are vertical.
- the invention also relates to horizontal-bore cryostats which are preferably used in the imaging region (MRI) or else for ion cyclotron resonance spectrometers.
- MRI imaging region
- ion cyclotron resonance spectrometers ion cyclotron resonance spectrometers
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| DE102006012511A DE102006012511B3 (de) | 2006-03-18 | 2006-03-18 | Kryostat mit einem Magnetspulensystem, das eine unterkühlte LTS- und eine in einem separaten Heliumtank angeordnete HTS-Sektion umfasst |
| PCT/EP2007/001925 WO2007107239A1 (de) | 2006-03-18 | 2007-03-07 | Kryostat mit einem magnetspulensystem, das eine unterkühlte lts- und eine in einem separaten heliumtank angeordnete hts-sektion umfasst |
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| EP1999764A1 true EP1999764A1 (de) | 2008-12-10 |
| EP1999764B1 EP1999764B1 (de) | 2012-09-19 |
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| WO (1) | WO2007107239A1 (de) |
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