Design, Production and First Commissioning Results of the Electrical Feedboxes of the LHC (2008)
Perin, A, Atieh, S, Benda, V, Bertarelli, A, Bouillot, A, Brodzinski, K, ...
A total of 44 CERN designed cryogenic electrical feedboxes are needed to power the LHC superconducting magnets. The feedboxes include more than 1000 superconducting circuits fed by high temperature...
Test Station for a 30 m long Superconducting Link (2007)
Benda, V, Davison, C, Goiffon, T, Van Weelderen, R, Roveta, G
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) requires distribution of high electrical currents in the limited space of LHC tunnel. Four superconducting links of about 76 m length and one of 510 m will be...
Series Production of 13 kA Current Leads with Dry and Compact Warm Terminals (2004)
Andersen, T P, Benda, V, Vullierme, B
For the LHC magnet test benches 13 pairs of conventional helium vapour-cooled 13 kA current leads are required. The current leads have been designed and built by industry. Attention was given to...
Cryogenic Infrastructure for Testing of LHC Series Superconducting Magnets (2004)
Axensalva, J, Benda, V, Herblin, L, Lamboy, J P, Tovar-Gonzalez, A, Vuillerme, B
The ~1800 superconducting magnets for the LHC machine shall be entirely tested at reception before their installation in the tunnel. For this purpose and in order to reach the reliability and...
600 a Current Leads with Dry and Compact Warm Terminals (2002)
Andersen, T P, Benda, V, Vullierme, B
For the LHC magnet test benches 26 pairs of conventional helium vapour-cooled 600 A current leads are required. The first pair of 600 A current leads has been designed and built by industry and...
Benda, V, Bozzini, D, Riddone, G, Vandoni, Giovanna
Precise thermal measurements were done on different types of large surface MLI samples under various boundary conditions. The measurements were focused on the use of MLI for large industrial plants...
Experience with a Pre-Series Superfluid Helium Test Bench for LHC Magnets (2000)
Benda, V, Vullierme, B, Schouten, J A
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) under construction at CERN is based on the use of high-field superconducting magnets operating in superfluid helium. For the validation of the machine dipoles and...
Experience with a Pre-Series Superfluid Helium Test Bench for LHC Magnets (2000)
Benda, V, Vullierme, B, Schouten, J A
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) under construction at CERN is based on the use of high-field superconducting magnets operating in superfluid helium. For the validation of the machine dipoles and...
Current Feedthroughs for Superconducting Magnets Operating Below 2 K (1998)
For superconducting magnets working in superfluid helium, a thermal and pressure barrier between liquid helium baths at different temperatures, so called "lambda plate", is required. Bus bars...
Current Feedthroughs for Superconducting Magnets Operating Below 2 K (1998)
For superconducting magnets working in superfluid helium, a thermal and pressure barrier between liquid helium baths at different temperatures, so called "lambda plate", is required. Bus bars...
Conceptual design of the cryogenic system for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) (1996)
Benda, V, Bézaguet, Alain-Arthur, Casas-Cubillos, J, Claudet, S, Erdt, W K, Lebrun, P, ...
Electrical heater for very-low pressure helium gas (1996)
Benda, V, Sergo, V, Vuillierme, B
Testing superconducting magnets for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in superfluid helium requires large-capacity refrigeration at 1.8K. At CERN, this is provided by a combination of a cold compressor...
Measurement and analysis of thermal performance of LHC prototype cryostats (1995)
Benda, V, Dufay, L, Ferlin, G, Lebrun, P, Rieubland, Jean Michel, Riddone, G, ...
Benda, V, Granier, M, Lebrun, P, Novellini, G, Sergo, V, Tavian, L, ...