A Parametric Study on Overband Radial Build for a REBCO 800-MHz Insert of a 1.3-GHz LTS/HTS NMR Magnet

A high-resolution 1.3-GHz/54-mm low-temperature superconducting/high-temperature superconducting (HTS) nuclear magnetic resonance magnet (1.3 G) is currently being built at Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of its key components is an 800-MHz HTS insert (H800) comprising three nested coils. Each coil is a stack of double-pancake coils wound with 6-mm-wide 75-μm-thick REBCO tape. For this H800 generating its self-field of 18.6 T and being exposed to a total field as high as 30.5 T, overbanding each pancake coil is necessary to keep the conductor strain at < 0.6%. Although electromagnetic and mechanical details of the H800 had been considered during its design stage, a parametric study on the overband radial build considering winding tension effect should further confirm the results of our previous analysis. Thus, in this paper, based on Maxwell's equations and the equilibrium equations for mechanical deformation, we examine stress levels that the H800 experiences as H800 undergoes winding-energizing sequences during operation at 1.3 GHz. We also discuss the effects of overband radial build and winding tension on conductor stress in each coil. Finally, based on this analysis, we may further optimize the stainless-steel overbanding and winding tension on each H800 coil.