2 K superfluid helium cryogenic vertical test system for superconducting cavity of ADS Injector I

Purpose The accelerator-driven subcritical system(ADS)is the internationally recognized key technology of nuclear waste problem treatment,of which superconducting proton linac is an important part.With the support of the strategic science and technology pilot project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences took the lead in the research of 325 MHz superconducting proton linac,which is called ADS Injector I.The superconducting accelerator part of ADS Injector I mainly consists of 14 spoke-type superconducting cavities withβ0.12.At the same time,the research work of various cavities with differentβvalues and different frequencies is also carried out to lay the technical and technological foundation for ADS main accelerator.The only way to determine whether the superconducting cavity can reach the design target and whether it can be installed into the cryostat is the vertical test at cryogenic.As the only way to test the microwave performance of the superconducting cavity at low temperature,the vertical test can accurately test the acceleration gradient Eacc and the corresponding quality factor Q0 of the superconducting cavity.The design and construction of the superconducting cavity vertical test facility is based on the practical needs of the pilot project and the long-term development of the superconducting accelerator.Methods This paper mainly introduces the design and construction of the cryogenic vertical test system for the superconducting cavity of ADS Injector I,including the system scheme design,process design,heat load analysis,2 K superfluid helium obtaining method,system commissioning and operation,etc.Results and Conclusion The static heat leakage at 2 K of the 2 K superfluid helium vertical test system of ADS Injector I is 1.624W,which has reached the international advanced level.The 2 K superfluid helium vertical test system of ADS Injector I after constructed not only meets the test requirements of ADS pilot project,but also conducts 4 K and 2 K vertical tests for other different types of superconducting cavities and relevant cryogenic experiments.

Unsteady numerical simulation on helium cooldown process for the 650 MHz two-cell superconducting cavity

Background Superconducting cavity is usually needed to be gradually cooled from room temperature to the superconducting temperature zone(4.2 K and below)in the testing and sophisticated operation process of superconducting cavity.Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the cooling law on the helium cooldown process for the 650 MHz two-cell superconducting cavity with the unsteady numerical simulation.Method A three-dimensional coupled heat-flow model of 650 MHz two-cell superconducting cavity was established.The unsteady numerical simulation of different inlet temperatures,flow rates and pressure conditions was carried out.The equiva-lent convective heat transfer coefficient and temperature distribution of 650 MHz two-cell superconducting cavity during cooldown process were obtained.The effects of cooling time and entrance parameters on the cooldown process were analyzed.Results The temperature distribution of the lower intersection lines has a large drop in the initial stage of cooldown process(120 s),while the temperature near the flanges at the both ends is still higher(remaining at the initial temperature of 300 K).With the passage of time,the temperature of the upper and lower intersection lines decreases.The maximum temperature difference on the lower intersections is within 2 K in the final stage of cooldown process(3600 s).The maximum temperature difference increases by 180%,and the difference between the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature(dT)at the end of a cooldown stage increases by 130%after 1 h,respectively,when the inlet temperature drops from 290 to 270 K(under the condition of the initial temperature of 300 K).Conclusions The maximum temperature difference and the dT at the end of a cooldown stage increase with the decrease in the inlet temperature.The maximum temperature difference increases with the increase in the inlet flow rate,while the dT at the end of a cooldown stage decreases with the increase in the inlet flow rate.The effect of changing the inlet flow rate on the cooling rate is not as obvious as changing the inlet temperature.Once there is a certain flow rate,the advantage of further increasing the flow rate to reduce the temperature of the superconducting cavity is not so great.