Considering the imperative need for sustainability in future accelerators, the role of superconducting magnets typically falls into two categories: high-field magnets, which extend the physics reach while striving for optimal efficiency, and low-field magnets, which enhance overall sustainability and aim to provide additional value to physics production. In this presentation, we discuss both...
The normal-conducting magnetic beam guidance and steering systems are major power consumers in accelerator centres. Therefore reducing the power consumption by upgrading existing normal-conducting magnets with superconducting coils offers a promising way to enhance the centres sustainability. We present two concepts for such an upgrade program, investigate potential sustainability advantages...
Cryogenics is one of the major energy costs in modern SRF accelerators because of the need to lower the operating temperature to 2K. Substituting Nb with a higher critical-temperature superconductor, such as Nb3Sn, allows operations to be moved up to 4.5 K with a reduction in cryogenic costs by a factor of 3. The European collaboration I.FAST, has the ambitious goal of producing the first...
Current research facilities regularly come along with a large energy demand. Often cryogenic equipment, i.e. low-temperature components are involved, requiring appreciable energy for refrigeration. An example for this are particle accelerators. As a standard today these are based on superconducting accelerator cavities and superconducting magnets with working temperature as low as 1.8 K. In a...
The original circular Halbach magnet design creates a strong pure multipole field from permanent magnet pieces without intervening iron. This design was modified for the CBETA 4-turn ERL, whose return loop includes combined-function (dipole+quadrupole) Halbach-derived magnets, plus a modular system of tuning shims to improve all 216 magnets' relative field accuracy to better than 10^-3. This...
INFN is developing in Italy an environment to develop and test GW-rated superconducting lines by the NextGenEU project IRIS (Innovative Research Infrastructure on applied Superconductivity). The design and construction of a full 130 m long GW-rated SC line based on MgB_2 technology and the manufacturing status are discussed. An overview of the solution selected for power transmission,...
As part of CERN’s commitment to managing energy responsibly, the Organization obtained the ISO 50001 certification for energy management in 2023. This international standard requires systems and processes to be in place to continuously improve energy performance. With this in mind, improving energy efficiency is integrated into the design and operation of CERN’s accelerators and experimental...