Author: Amalia Ballarino (CERN)
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Cold Powering System transitions into preparation stages for installation following completion of collaboration deliverables
Following the steady progress of productions of the Cold Powering Systems, including the completion of deliverables from SOTON and Uppsala University, preparations are well underway for installation in the underground. Activities for the powering of the HiLumi magnets (Work Package 6A) in 2026 are focused on the assembly and testing of the series Cold Powering…
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Cold Powering System: confidence and validation for future installations, and series production progress
The HL-LHC Cold Powering Systems transfer the current from the power converters, located in the new underground galleries, to the superconducting magnets of the HL-LHC Inner Triplets and Matching Sections, in the LHC tunnel, on either side of Point 1 and Point 5. Eight systems plus two spares of two different types, X for the…
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Progress with series production of DFHX/M by the University of Uppsala and DFX/M by the University of Southampton
The HL-LHC cold powering systems transfer the current from the power converters, located in the new underground galleries, to the superconducting magnets of the HL-LHC inner triplets and matching sections at Point 1 and Point 5. Eight systems plus two spares of each of the two different types – ‘X’ for the inner triplets; ‘M’…
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Start of Series production of DFHX/M by RFR
The HL-LHC Cold Powering Systems transfer the current from the power converters, located in the new underground galleries, to the superconducting magnets of the HL-LHC Inner Triplets and Matching Sections at Point 1 and Point 5. Eight systems of two different types will be installed in the HL-LHC underground as from mid-2027. Each of these…
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Fruitful Development Using a New Superconductor
An important milestone was achieved in June 2020 with the successful test at CERN of a demonstrator – Demo 2 – of the cold powering system for the HL-LHC magnets. Demo 2 incorporates a superconducting 60-m long power transmission line, the Superconducting Link, which will later be used to connect the HL-LHC magnets in the…