ASG @ Mosca-Genova: SMART CITY futuro o realtà? www.asgsuperconductors.com
ASG AND COMPANIES OF THE MALACALZA FAMILY www.asgsuperconductors.com 2
ASG: A GLIMPSE OF THE GENOA WORKS www.asgsuperconductors.com 3
ASG THE COMPANY IN BRIEF ASG IS ACTIVE SINCE 60 YEARS IN THE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF MAGNET SYSTEMS ASG IS TODAY THE MARKET LEADER IN THE SUPPLY OF SC MAGNETS for High Energy Physics (HEP) and Thermonuclear FUSION: most often ONE OF A KIND, HIGH PERFORMANCE, HIGH RISK AND HIGH DEPENDABILITY SYSTEMS ASG IS ONE OF THE MAIN PLAYERS IN THE OEM MARKET OF SC MAGNETS FOR HEALTHCARE and has already established partnerships with some of main suppliers of systems for therapy and diagnostics. ASG HAS AN AVERAGE TURNOVER OF 35 M /YEAR, employs 162 PEOPLE DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE of resistive and SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS, CRYOGENIC systems, VACUUM systems, MECHANICAL systems Vertical integration across companies in the Group MRI, PARTICLE ACCELERATORS, BEAM LINES, DETECTOR MAGNETS, PROTON AND ION THERAPY, THERMONUCLEAR FUSION, ~95% OF OUR PRODUCTION IS EXPORTED WORLDWIDE: mostly EU, USA, JAPAN www.asgsuperconductors.com 4
ASG OUR MAIN COLLABORATIONS www.asgsuperconductors.com 5
ATLAS BARREL TOROID - CERN www.asgsuperconductors.com 6
CMS DETECTOR - CERN www.asgsuperconductors.com 7
ARC DIPOLES OF THE LHC - CERN www.asgsuperconductors.com 8
GSI SUPER FRS MULTIPLETTS 3.5m WEIGHT OF EACH MAGNET 70TONNES 33 UNITS MANUFACTURED OVER 3.5 YEARS www.asgsuperconductors.com 9
JINR NICA PROJECT MULTI-PURPOSE DETECTOR MAGNET - Coil is 9 m in length, 5 m in diameter - 0.5T field intensity on the magnet axis, with very high homogeneity - Design, installation and commissioning of the magnet system www.asgsuperconductors.com 10
ASG S ORIGINS: THERMONUCLEAR FUSION www.asgsuperconductors.com 11
ASG MOST RELEVANT FUSION PROJECTS www.asgsuperconductors.com 12
ASG MOST RELEVANT FUSION PROJECTS www.asgsuperconductors.com 13
ASG MOST RELEVANT FUSION PROJECTS www.asgsuperconductors.com 14
IBA PROTEUS ONE RECURRENT PRODUCTION ASG has entered a FRAMEWORK CONTRACT for the RECURRENT SUPPLY of compact SUPERCONDUCTING-CRYOGEN FREE magnets for IBA S SYNCHRO-CYLCLOTRON for hadrontherapy. www.asgsuperconductors.com 15
PARAMED MRI SYSTEM RECURRENT PRODUCTION INSTALLED BASE OF 28 UNITS WORLDWIDE www.asgsuperconductors.com 16
EVOLUTION OF MR OPEN SYSTEM TO IMRT AND IGPT System commissioned in JULY 2014 PROPRIETARY DESIGN of evolved system NEGOTIATIONS ARE ONGOING WITH 2 KEY PLAYERS OF RADIATION/PARTICLE THERAPY MARKET www.asgsuperconductors.com 17
ULTRA HIGH FIELD MRI MAGNETS PROPRIETARY DESIGN OF UHF MAGNET AT 7T,11.7T, 17.7T Currently ASG IS COLLABORATING WITH TWO of the most ILLUSTRIOUS LUMINARY SITES in BRAIN RESEARCH www.asgsuperconductors.com 18
ASG POWER SYSTEMS LTD: SFCL MANUFACTURER Engineering Company: Intellectual Property, Know How www.asgsuperconductors.com 19
ASG POWER SYSTEMS LTD: SFCL MANUFACTURER INCREASING LOAD NEW GENERATION INTERCONNECTING GRID UPGRADE NATURAL EVENTS www.asgsuperconductors.com 20
FAULT CURRENT LIMITERS TODAY SPLITTING THE NETWORK HIGH IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMERS OR SERIES REACTORS UPRATING EXISTING SWITCHGEAR SINGLE USE FAULT LIMITER (ABB) OUR NEW FAULT CURRENT LIMITER SFCL REDUCES POWER QUALITY AND REDUNDANCY REDUCES POWER QUALITY DOES NOT REDUCE FAULT LEVEL DOES NOT FAIL TO SAFETY LOW IMPEDANCE UNDER LOAD, HIGH IMPEDANCE DURING FAULT, FAIL SAFE www.asgsuperconductors.com 21
@ IPH Power Test Laboratories, Berlin ASG 36KV SFCL TYPE TESTING SHORT CIRCUIT TESTS 5 tests for 250 ms 1 test for 3 seconds HIGH VOLTAGE TESTS Lightning impulse (full wave) Lightning impulse (chopped) Power frequency Partial discharge www.asgsuperconductors.com 22
ASG 36KV SFCL SPECIFICATION PARAMETER Rated voltage Line frequency Line voltage at fault level below Maximum allowable steady state voltage drop at rated continuous normal current (800A) Lightning impulse voltage withstand level Power frequency voltage withstand level Continuous normal current Maximum normal current (magnitude and duration) Prospective unlimited peak fault current Peak limited current Prospective unlimited symmetrical fault current Symmetrical limited current Fault duration REQUIREMENT 36kV 50Hz 33kV 600V rms 170kV; 1.2/50μs 70 kv for 1 minute 800Arms Load power factor 0.98 1400Arms / 15minutes 21.0kApeak 13.8kApeak 8.0kArms 5.0kArms Up to 3 seconds www.asgsuperconductors.com 23
DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS Interconnection of MV and HV grids Connection of distributed generation to the MV grid Transformer protection Protection of the auxiliaries in large power plants www.asgsuperconductors.com 24
DESIGN FLEXIBILITY By modifying the size of the AC and DC components of the SFCL, we can offer a wide range of current and voltage ratings: 3.2 4.2 5.7 2.3 11KV FCL WEIGHT 15 T 3.1 72.5KV FCL WEIGHT 50 T 4.0 145KV FCL WEIGHT 100 T www.asgsuperconductors.com 25
RUSSIAN COMPANIES MAKING UP FOR GOOD COMPETITION At EUCAS 2017 a Russian company called presented a 220kV resistive SFCL A remarkable achievement if brought to successful end We think our technology might prove more compact in design, more robust in operation and more cost effective, but surely interested to know more and possibly collaborate. www.asgsuperconductors.com 26
MGB2 MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE MGB2 simply a magnesium & boron alloy - has been recently discovered as a Superconductor It is potentially competitive to the present NbTi technology thanks to: HIGHER superconducting temperature Abundancy of its constituents Non-toxic CAPABILITY TO CARRY 1000X CURRENTS THAN COPPER through the same section But we need an INDUSTRIAL PROCESS TO PRODUCE MGB2 INTO LONG AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE WIRES www.asgsuperconductors.com 27
NO EXPENSIVE / DANGEROUS COOLING The higher temperature of MgB 2 allow for innovative cooling of devices, making it much more user friendly There is no need to use any (expensive/dangerous) liquid coolant to maintain MgB 2 in operating conditions www.asgsuperconductors.com 28
THE MGB2 WIRE TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGES The main key-points of our MgB 2 wire technology: FULLY SCALABLE process most advantageous PRICE TO PERFORMANCE RATIO in its operating regime It allows to develop LOSS-LESS superconducting electro technical devices in DRY OPERATION MODE It is a very LIGHTWEIGHT MATERIAL, WITH FURTHER ADVANTAGES in aircraft, aerospace and transportation sectors of application www.asgsuperconductors.com 29
MGB2 SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES PRODUCED BY A POWDER-IN-TUBE PROPRIETARY METHOD MgB 2 /rolling in-line sintering OUR BASE MATERIALS ARE: Boron and magnesium fine powders Nickel-alloy tubes Niobium tubes WE ARE QUALIFYING RUSSIAN SUPPLIERS FOR OUR CRITICAL INGREDIENTS: JSC- Aviabor, Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Bochvar Institute, Moscow www.asgsuperconductors.com 30
TECHNOLOGY VALIDATION We have a number of concrete examples of practical uses of our MGB2 WIRE TECHNOLOGY CERN has been among the first to start implementing our wires in their particle accelerators: we expect to deliver more than 1 000 KM of wires to renew the entire POWERING CABLE SYSTEM OF LHC On the left, THE WORLD-RECORD CERN CABLE WITH MGB2 wires carrying 20+20 ka in a VERY COMPACT layout (April 2014) www.asgsuperconductors.com 31