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Description
"Cooling is a key challenge in superconducting magnet design, governing performance, stability, and safety. It must maintain the operating temperature, provide sufficient temperature margin, and remove heat during both steady-state and transient events such as quenches, where rapid Joule heating can lead to thermal runaway.
Thermal loads vary widely across applications. Fusion magnets face neutron heating and AC losses from pulsed operation, while particle accelerators are impacted by beam losses. These loads differ in magnitude and time scale, requiring tailored cooling strategies.
This work reviews cooling approaches for superconducting conductors, with a focus on direct helium cooling using cable-in-conduit conductors, the standard for fusion systems, while also outlining alternative methods."