Magnetic Field Shielding Research Articles

Comparative pick-up ion distributions at Mars and Venus: Consequences for atmospheric deposition and escape

Without the shielding of a substantial intrinsic dipole magnetic field, the atmospheres of Mars and Venus are particularly susceptible to similar atmospheric ion energization and scavenging processes. However, each planet has different attributes and external conditions controlling its high altitude planetary ion spatial and energy distributions. This paper describes analogous test particle simulations in background MHD fields that allow us to compare the properties and fates, precipitation or escape, of the mainly O+ atmospheric pick-up ions at Mars and Venus. The goal is to illustrate how atmospheric and planetary scales affect the upper atmospheres and space environments of our terrestrial planet neighbors. The results show the expected convection electric field-related hemispheric asymmetries in both precipitation and escape, where the degree of asymmetry at each planet is determined by the planetary scale and local interplanetary field strength. At Venus, the kinetic treatment of O+ reveals a strong nightside source of precipitation while Mars' crustal fields complicate the simple asymmetry in ion precipitation and drive a dayside source of precipitation. The pickup O+ escape pattern at both Venus and Mars exhibits low energy tailward escape, but Mars exhibits a prominent, high energy ‘polar plume’ feature in the hemisphere of the upward convection electric field while the Venus ion wake shows only a modest poleward concentration. The overall escape is larger at Venus than Mars (2.1×1025 and 4.3×1024 at solar maximum, respectively), but the efficiency (likelihood) of O+ escaping is 2–3 times higher at Mars. The consequences of these comparisons for pickup ion related atmospheric energy deposition, loss rates, and detection on spacecraft including PVO, VEX, MEX and MAVEN are considered. In particular, both O+ precipitation and escape show electric field controlled asymmetries that grow with energy, while the O+ fluxes and energy spectra at selected spatial locations show characteristic signatures of the pickup related acceleration and precipitation.

SHIELDING OF A UNIFORM ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD USING A CIRCULAR PASSIVE LOOP

The magnetic and electromagnetic shields are used to reduce the magnetic field in local spaces. Usually these shields are implemented in the form of a box or a cylinder. At the same time the magnetic field reduction in local spaces by means of passive loops is not considered in detail yet. So, the present study considers shielding capabilities of a circular passive loop. The authors have performed an analytical and numerical modeling of a process of a uniform harmonic magnetic field shielding. The simulated results permit to find out the spatial distribution of the shielded magnetic field. Dependencies of shielding effectiveness on the passive loop radius and cross-section are determined. Moreover, the non-monotonic behavior of the loop radius dependence is shown. We have substantiated that the shielded volume of a circular passive loop is advisable to limit by the sphere with a half loop radius. Presented results give parameters of the circular passive loop that reduces the rms value of the magnetic flux density by 30 %.

Shielding from external magnetic fields by rotating magnetic conducting cylindrical shells

Purpose – In many different engineering fields often there is a need to protect regions from electromagnetic interference. According to static and low-frequency magnetic fields the common strategy bases on using a shield made of conductive or ferromagnetic material. Another screening technique uses solenoids that generate an opposite magnetic field to the external one. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the shielding effect for a magnetic and conducting cylindrical screen rotating in an external static magnetic field. Design/methodology/approach – The magnetic flux density is expressed in terms of the magnetic vector potential. Applying the separation of variables method analytical solutions are obtained for an infinitely long magnetic conducting cylindrical screen rotating in a uniform static transverse magnetic field. Findings – Analytical formulas of the shielding factor for a cylindrical screen of arbitrary conductivity and magnetic permeability are given. A magnetic Reynolds number is found to be an appropriate indication of the change in magnetic field inside the screen. Useful simplified expressions are presented. Originality/value – This paper treats in a qualitative way the possibility of static magnetic field shielding by using rotating conducting magnetic cylindrical screens. Analytical solutions are given. If the angular velocity is equal to zero or the relative permeability of the shield is equal to one the shielding factor has forms well known from literature.

Active Shielding System for ELF Magnetic Fields

This paper focuses on the development of a low-cost system, based on Arduino, for the active shielding of magnetic fields generated by power systems at industrial frequency. The modeling of the source, the design and the optimization of the shielding loop, and, finally, the hardware (microcontroller, sensors, driven voltage source, etc.) and the control algorithm of a prototype system are described. A number of tests, developed through an experimental setup, are performed to validate the prototype. The main results are also discussed highlighting the capabilities of the proposed active shielding.

High-Fidelity Preparation, Gates, Memory, and Readout of a Trapped-Ion Quantum Bit.

We implement all single-qubit operations with fidelities significantly above the minimum threshold required for fault-tolerant quantum computing, using a trapped-ion qubit stored in hyperfine "atomic clock" states of ^{43}Ca^{+}. We measure a combined qubit state preparation and single-shot readout fidelity of 99.93%, a memory coherence time of T_{2}^{*}=50 sec, and an average single-qubit gate fidelity of 99.9999%. These results are achieved in a room-temperature microfabricated surface trap, without the use of magnetic field shielding or dynamic decoupling techniques to overcome technical noise.

Finite Element Analysis of the Magnetic Field Simulation of High Temperature Superconducting Magnet

Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage (SMES) system use conductive coils made of superconductor wire to store energy, its application entirely depends on the design and development of superconducting magnet, as the magnetic storage element, during the operation of the superconducting magnet generates relatively strong magnetic field. In this paper, a 1MJ class single solenoidal SMES with Bi2223/Ag conductor is presented. On the basis of electromagnetic theory, subsequently infers mathematical model of magnetic field distribution by ANSYS finite element analysis software, modeling a two-dimensional electromagnetic analysis of 44 double pancakes to get the magnetic field distribution patterns. The results of the analysis provide a reference for the structural design, optimization of a superconducting magnet and shielding of stray magnetic field.

High Magnetic Field Shielding for Sensitive Devices Relevant to ITER

High magnetic field shielding has been increasingly important for engineering design in recent years. In this report, a cylindric shield made from soft iron is studied using FEM (finite element method) analysis and compared with experiments. The residual fields inside the shield are calculated and measured in both parallel and perpendicular fields up to 2000 Gs. The calculated results are compared with the experiments, and the input B-H curve is modified for a better conformity. The results indicate that the covers could greatly improve the shielding performance of the cylindric shield in our research. The comparison result shows that a proper B-H curve, which can well describe the material properties, is very important in FEM analysis and should be selected carefully.

Design and Analysis of Halbach Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors Based on FEM Models

This paper studies the application of Halbach array in optimal design of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors (PMSM). First, the paper demonstrates the intrinsic sinusoidal magnetic field and one-side magnetic shielding effect produced by Halbach array in FEM. Afterward, a serious of Halbach motor models based on different segment numbers per pole are established combined with Ansoft. Next, the waveform and harmonic contents of air-gap flux density are analysed. Then, the relationship between the segment numbers per pole and cogging torque are explored. Finally, the power-angle curves for coreless/core rotors are contrasted. The above results explain why and how Halbach array can be applied in PMSM design to reduce harmonic components for air-gap flux density, increase power density and decrease moment of inertia.

Active shielding of overhead line magnetic field: Design and applications

The paper presents the successful field application of active shielding of the magnetic field of HV overhead lines. Two plants have been deployed and are being operated since some years on a 132-kV and a 400-kV line. The solutions adopted minimize the impact on the line structure. Also the configuration of the control systems has been studied in order to avoid any impact on the normal operation of the line. Two different solutions were used; the first is based on a current sensor and a radio transmitter–receiver system, the second relies on the mutual effect between the line and the shield wires thus not requiring any device installed on the power conductors.Both systems have been continuously operated for some years and have assured to keep the magnetic field at the sensitive targets below the desired limits.

Parameters of thin electromagnetic shields that provide a decrease in magnetic induction

Mathematical simulation of electromagnetic fields is used to analyze the effect of parameters of thin conducting shields on the efficiency of suppression of magnetic induction. The effect of configuration of one- and two-layer shields on the induced current and the efficiency of shielding of the original magnetic field at industrial frequencies are studied. It is demonstrated that the efficiency of two-layer shields is higher in several cases.

242 Quantitative measurements of occupational exposure to static magnetic stray fields from MRI scanners in clinical and research environments

ObjectivesWorkers’ exposure to static magnetic stray fields from MRI scanners was evaluated in a large cross-sectional study in The Netherlands. Factors determining the exposure to static magnetic fields (SMF) and...

Study of magnetic field expansion using a plasma generator for space radiation active protection

There are many active protecting methods including Electrostatic Fields, Confined Magnetic Field, Unconfined Magnetic Field and Plasma Shielding etc. for defending the high-energy solar particle events (SPE) and Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCR) in deep space exploration. The concept of using cold plasma to expand a magnetic field is the best one of all possible methods so far. The magnetic field expansion caused by plasma can improve its protective efficiency of space particles. One kind of plasma generator has been developed and installed into the cylindrical permanent magnet in the eccentric. A plasma stream is produced using a helical-shaped antenna driven by a radio-frequency (RF) power supply of 13.56 MHz, which exits from both sides of the magnet and makes the magnetic field expand on one side. The discharging belts phenomenon is similar to the Earth's radiation belt, but the mechanism has yet to be understood. A magnetic probe is used to measure the magnetic field expansion distributions, and the results indicate that the magnetic field intensity increases under higher increments of the discharge power.

Investigation of pulsed eddy current probes for detection of defects in riveted structures

The fatigue crack is the threat to integrity and safety of fuselage lap-joints. Quantification of fatigue cracks by designing and utilisation of an optimised electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation probe can insure the flight safety of aircrafts. In this paper, pulsed eddy current (PEC) for detection and characterisation of fatigue cracks is investigated. The principle of PEC is analysed first, from which four different models of PEC probes are simulated in ANSYS. The signal features, namely zero-crossing time, zero-crossing frequency and peak value are extracted from the time and frequency domains in an effort to qualitatively compare the crack detectability of the four models. The sensitivities of the different probes to cracks are analysed quantitatively. The difference in detectability among the probes is investigated based on the working principle. Simulation results show that the probe consisting of two horizontal detecting coils along with a magnetic field shield focusing the flux has the highest detectability. The conclusions derived from the simulation study are also validated by experiments.

Single Pixel Characterization of X-Ray TES Microcalorimeter Under AC Bias at MHz Frequencies

In this paper, we present the progress made at SRON in the read-out of X-ray Transition Edge Sensor (TES) microcalorimeters under AC bias. The experiments reported so far, whose aim was to demonstrate an energy resolution of 2 eV at 6 keV with a TES acting as a modulator, were carried out at frequencies below 700 kHz using a standard flux locked loop SQUID read-out scheme. The TES read-out suffered from the use of suboptimal circuit components, large parasitic inductances, low quality factor resonators, and poor magnetic field shielding. We have developed a novel experimental set-up that allows us to test several read-out schemes in a single cryogenic run. In this set-up, the TES pixels from a GSFC array are coupled via superconducting transformers to 18 high-Q lithographic LC filters with resonant frequencies ranging between 2 and 5 MHz. The signal is amplified by a two-stage SQUID current sensor and baseband feedback is used to overcome the limited SQUID dynamic range. We measured an X-ray energy resolution of 3.6 eV at 1.4 MHz, which is consistent with the measured integrated Noise Equivalent Power.

A New Approach to Design Flexible Magnetic Active Shielding

The shielding of low-frequency magnetic fields from “sensible” domains (e.g., in hospital areas or in control rooms in industrial environments) is usually achieved using ferromagnetic walls (passive shielding) or suitably designed coils, fed with appropriate currents (active shielding). Anyway, when disturbing fields are not known in advance, and weight or cost issues prevent passive shielding, general-purpose active shielding coils could be used, provided that their design is flexible enough to counteract a large class of fields and an adequate disturbing field detection system is present. This paper proposes a procedure able to perform the active shielding for a large class of disturbing fields. The procedure includes an identification step through a suitable measurement system and a current design step, based on the design of shimming coils specialized to cancel single “eigenfunctions” of the Laplace operator in the sensible domain.

Investigation of Models of Grid-Like Shields Subjected to Lightning Electromagnetic Field: Experiments in the Frequency Domain

In this paper, frequency-domain measurements of magnetic and electric field shielding effectiveness of grid-like spatial shield models exposed to lightning action are presented. Scaled experimental models of nearby and direct lightning strikes are proposed. Models of single-layer and double-layer wire shields of two different mesh widths are examined. Differences between the shielding effectiveness of magnetic and electric fields are discussed. The measurement results are compared to the results of numerical simulations.

Structural Design of a 9.4 T Whole-Body MRI Superconducting Magnet

A project to develop a 9.4 T magnetic resonance imaging system is proposed for bioscience research applications. A whole body superconducting magnet system will be manufactured and test in the Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IEE, CAS). This magnet system features a room temperature bore of 800 mm in diameter, helium bath cooing, 9.4 T center magnetic field and passive iron shielding. The magnet is designed with radial layer-winding method. Five coaxial coils will be wound independently and assembled together as the main magnet. Coil length of the magnet is 3000 mm. In the magnet design, current density grading is performed to optimize the magnetic field distribution and stress level in the coil windings. The maximum magnetic field is 9.505 T, corresponding to an operating current of 224.515 A. The total magnetic energy storage is 138 MJ. Detailed magnetic and mechanic structure design as well as structure stress analysis are presented in this paper.

Magnetic Shielding Effectiveness of Iron-Based Amorphous Alloys and Nanocrystalline Composites

This paper refers to magnetic field shielding effectiveness <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$S_{\rm H}$</tex></formula> of the selected iron-based amorphous alloys and some magnetic composites. The measurement conditions were chosen regarding the potential sources such as energetic lines or electric devices. As it was shown, the shields made of amorphous and optimized (in amorphous phase) melt spun ribbons can be applied as highly efficient and flexible shields. In the group of the tested alloys, the highest <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$S_{\rm H}$</tex></formula> reveal (at <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$H=110$</tex></formula> A/m and <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$f=55$</tex></formula> Hz): Fe <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{84}$</tex></formula> Cr <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{2}$</tex></formula> <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex Notation="TeX">${\rm B}_{14}$</tex></formula> (95%) and optimized Fe <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{72}$</tex></formula> Co <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{10}$</tex></formula> Nb <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{6}$</tex></formula> B <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{14}$</tex></formula> (97%) and Fe <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{80}$</tex></formula> Nb <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{6}$</tex></formula> B <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$_{14}$</tex></formula> (92%). In the case of the tested composites, a significant decrease of <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex Notation="TeX">$S_{\rm H}$</tex></formula> was observed. The shielding effectiveness decreases with decreasing size of magnetic addition due to breaking magnetic flux circuit and dipolar interactions between particles. For the composite with magnetic flakes of 4 mm in diameter <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex Notation="TeX">$S_{\rm H}$</tex></formula> is about 60%; therefore, it can be applied as coatings in order to fulfill human protective standards. For the composites with micro and nano-sized magnetic powder <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <tex Notation="TeX">$S_{\rm H}$</tex></formula> does not depend of the composition which suggests that a response to a magnetic field is fully influenced by the demagnetization effect.

Magnetic Field Shielding by Vacuum Chambers of Magnetic Material for Beam Loss Reduction

One of the reasons of a beam loss in a high power accelerator is leakage magnetic field from a magnet at a close beam line, which distorts the beam orbit and makes the beam hit the wall of the beam pipe. The most effective way to shield such leakage field is to cover the beam by the magnetic materials at the nearest space. This means that beam pipes and bellows be made of the magnetic materials. We plan to apply this method to the vacuum chambers of the beam extraction section of the J-PARC 3 GeV synchrotron, where the effect of the leakage magnetic field to the beam orbit is evident. However, there is few proven evidence of the vacuum chambers made of magnetic materials. Therefore we clarify the problems in producing beam pipes and bellows, which satisfy the magnetic and vacuum performance. In this article, we deliver the over view of the magnetic shielding project and our approaches to the problems in producing the vacuum chambers of magnetic materials.

Shielding of Magnetic Fields by REBCO Coated Conductors

Shielding of magnetic fields (magnetic shielding) by rare earth-based REBCO coated conductors with a highly oriented superconducting layer was measured. The shielding of magnetic fields was measured using a Hall effect sensor installed between bundles consisting of commercial REBCO conductors 12 mm in width. Measurements of the shielding of magnetic fields by other commercial high-T <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">c</sub> superconductors were performed for comparison. The shielding of magnetic fields was found to depend on the number of conductors in the bundle and the route of the applied magnetic fields and was observed even for fields over 10 T. In steady magnetic fields, a temporal change in the shielding of magnetic fields, that is, a decay of shielding currents induced in conductors against applied magnetic fields, was measured. The temporal change of the shielding of magnetic fields exhibited the behavior typical of high-T <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">c</sub> superconductors, as explained by the flux creep model. Remanent magnetic fields measured in the experiments of the shielding of magnetic fields suggest that the bundle can be used as a magnet. A quasi-bulk magnet consisting of 100 Zr-doped Zr:REBCO conductors could hold over 3 T at 4.2 K.