• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.152-157
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• 2010

We have fabricated the low noise liquid helium(LHe) dewar with a different shape of thermal shield to apply the 64-channel SQUID(Superconducting Quantum Interference Device) gradiometer. The first shape of thermal shield was made of an aluminum plate with a wide width of 100 mm slit and the other shape was modified with a narrow width of 20 mm slit. The two types of dewars were estimated by comparing the thermal noise and the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) of magnetocardiography(MCG) using the $1^{st}$ order SQUID gradiometer system cooled each dewar. The white noise was different as a point of the dewar. The noise was increased as close as the edge of dewar, and also increased at the thermal shield with the more wide width slit. The white noise of the dewar with thermal shield of 100 mm slit was 6.5 fT/$Hz^{1/2}$ at the center of dewar and 25 fT/$Hz^{1/2}$ at the edge, and the white noise of the other one was 3.5 - 7 fT/$Hz^{1/2}$. We measured the MCG using 64-channel SQUID gradiometer cooled at each LHe dewar and compared the SNR of MCG signal. The SNR was improved of 10 times at the LHe dewar with a modified thermal shield.

• Progress in Superconductivity
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.78-82
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• 2009

We have fabricated a helmet type magnetoencephalogrphy(MEG) with a $1^{st}$ order gradiometer in vacuum to improve the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR) and the boil-off rate of liquid helium(LHe). The axial type first-order gradiometer was fabricated with a double relaxation oscillation SQUID(DROS) sensor which was directly connected with a pickup coil. The neck space of LHe dewar was made to be smaller than that of a conventional dewar, but the LHe boil-off ratio appeared to increase. To reduce the temperature of low Tc SQUID sensor and pickup coil to 9 K, a metal shield made of, such as copper, brass or aluminum, have been usually used for thermal transmission. But the metal shield exhibited high thermal noise and eddy current fluctuation. We quantified the thermal noise and the eddy current fluctuation of metal. In this experiment, we used the bobbin which was made of an alumina to wind Nb superconductive wire for pickup coil and the average noise of coil-in-vacuum type MEG system was $3.5fT/Hz^{1/2}$. Finally, we measured the auditory evoked signal to prove the reliability of coil-in-vacuum type MEG system.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.28-31
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• 2015

An in-flight fragment separator, which aims to produce and study rare isotopes, consists of superferric quadrupole triplets and $30^{\circ}$ dipole magnets to focus and bend the beams for achromatic focusing and momentum dispersion, respectively. The separator is divided into pre and main stages, and we plan to use superconducting magnets employing high-Tc superconductor (HTS) coils in the pre-separator area, where radiation heating is high. The HTS coils will be cooled by cold He gas in 20-50 K, and in the other area, superferric magnets using low-temperature superconductor (LTS) will be used at 4 K. A few LTS coils were wound and successfully tested in a LHe dewar, and the design of cryostat has been optimized. Development of the HTS coils is ongoing in collaboration with a group at KERI. An HTS coil of racetrack shape was wound and tested in a $LN_2$ bath and in a dewar with cryocooler. No degradation on critical current due to coil winding was found.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.213-218
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• 2010

인공위성 적외선 탑재체의 열싱크 역할을 위해, 액체헬륨을 이용하여 극저온패널(가로 약 800 mm, 세로 약 700 mm)을 4.2 K까지 냉각시키는 시스템을 설계, 개발, 검증하였다. 유효직경 8 m, 유효 깊이 10 m의 대형열진공챔버에서 검증된 본 냉각시스템은 500리터 용량의 액체헬륨용기 두 개(극저온 패널로의 액체헬륨 또는 저온헬륨가스 주 공급용기 및 주공급용기로의 재충진용기)를 사용하였는데, 목표인 극저온패널의 냉각 및 온도제어는 주 공급용기 내부의 미세압력조절을 통해 액체헬륨 공급유량을 제어함으로써 이루었다. 극저온패널에 공급된 후 배기되는 저온 헬륨가스는 특별히 설계, 제작된 사중진공배관의 제3층을 흐르며 열차단막의 역할을 수행함으로써, 액체헬륨 공급 라인인 제1층(중심배관)으로의 열유입을 최소화하였다. 극저온패널을 상온에서 40 K(합성표준불확도 194 mK)까지 냉각시키는데 약 3시간이 소요되었으며, 20 W의 열을 발산하는 극저온패널을 40 K 주변 온도에서 1 K 이내의 온도균일도를 가지며 유지할 수 있었다.