Experimental Study for the Quench Protection System of the 9.4-T Whole-Body MRI Superconducting Magnet

被引:8
作者
Li, Yi [1 ]
Wang, Qiuliang [1 ]
Chen, Shunzhong [1 ]
Dai, Yinming [1 ]
Lei, Yuanzhong [1 ]
Song, Shousen [1 ]
Bao, Qing [1 ]
Zhang, Li [1 ]
Wang, Lei [1 ]
Feng, Zhongkui [1 ]
Zhu, Xuchen [1 ]
Ni, Zhipeng [1 ]
Hu, Xinning [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Elect Engn, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
关键词
Heater; quench protection; quench simulation; superconducting magnet; SIMULATION; PROPAGATION;
D O I
10.1109/TASC.2013.2275759
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The quench protection system with the circuit subdivision and heater network for a whole-body magnetic resonance imaging superconducting magnet has been designed. A test magnet with the similar quench protection design was built. Quench experiments for the test magnet have been conducted to verify a quench simulation code that is used to optimize the quench protection design. The fabrication of the test magnet has been demonstrated. The experimental results have been analyzed. The comparison between the experimental data and the calculated results has been discussed. The quench protection method with the heater network proves to work well, and the quench simulation code is proved to be reliable.
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