Design of Stand-Alone Cryomodule Based on Superconducting Quarter-Wave Resonator

Present superconducting accelerators require a central refrigeration system and piping to distribute liquid helium and nitrogen. Stand-alone cryocooler-based systems are of significant interest both to scientific and industrial customers, as they allow applications at facilities where no cryogenic e...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity 2020-12, Vol.30 (8), p.1-11
Main Authors: Kutsaev, Sergey V., Agustsson, Ronald, Berry, Robert, Conway, Zachary A., Fischer, Richard, Kelly, Michael P., Taletski, Kirill
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerating cavities
Accelerators
argonne tandem linac accelerator system (ATLAS)
Cooling
cryocoolers
Cryogenic engineering
Cryogenic equipment
Cryogenics
Design improvements
Heat loss
Heating systems
Helium
ion accelerators
Laboratories
Linear accelerators
Liquid helium
National security
Niobium
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Piping
quarter-wave resonator (QWR)
Radio frequency
Refrigeration
Resonators
stand-alone cryomodule
Superconductivity
Thermal analysis
Turnkey systems
Upgrading
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Summary:Present superconducting accelerators require a central refrigeration system and piping to distribute liquid helium and nitrogen. Stand-alone cryocooler-based systems are of significant interest both to scientific and industrial customers, as they allow applications at facilities where no cryogenic equipment and expertise exists, where it is undesirable to develop additional cryogenic systems, or where a mobile system that can be transported between beamlines or facilities is required. The technical challenge of this approach is to minimize the heat losses to the liquid helium so that commercially available, self-contained cryocoolers are able to handle the thermal load. This article presents an improved design for a stand-alone quarter-wave resonator (QWR) cryomodule based on commercially available cryocoolers. This cryomodule has a particular application in the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System intensity upgrade project, where it will house a 72.75 MHz QWR for beam energy adjustments to experimental areas, where no helium cryogenic systems exist. The described cryomodule may also be the critical part of a turnkey system with application to material processing, semiconductor manufacturing, food irradiation, and homeland security. The development of low-heat loss peripheral components reduces the cost and widens applicability of the system. We will discuss the cryomodule and RF coupler designs, including numerical thermal and structural analyses.
ISSN:1051-8223
1558-2515
DOI:10.1109/TASC.2020.3002764