Components & Hardware
Quench Dump Resistor
The resistor bank that safely absorbs a magnet's energy in a quench.
- Role
- Energy dump
- Sized by
- Stored magnetic energy
If a magnet quenches, its stored energy is switched into a dump resistor and dissipated as heat outside the coil, protecting it from a hot spot. Sizing it follows directly from the stored magnetic energy.
Common questions
What is the quench dump resistor for?
If a magnet quenches, its stored energy is switched into the dump resistor and dissipated as heat safely outside the coil, preventing a damaging hot spot. Its size follows directly from the coil's stored magnetic energy.
Is quench protection proven for these magnets?
Kronos's adiabatic hot-spot analysis reports the magnet self-protecting within its design basis; REBCO's slow quench propagation makes fast, reliable detection — not the dump itself — the harder half of the job.