Goudie, Dale William2024-08-132024-08-1319961996https://hdl.handle.net/1828/17972Liquid natural gas (LNG) has been identified as having a strong growth potential in the alternative transportation fuels market. One of the barriers to the adoption of LNG, however, is a lack of economical refuelling stations. The Cryofuel Systems Group, at the University of Victoria, is developing cost effective and efficient liquefaction technologies for distributed fleet-sized LNG refuelling stations. One of the technologies under development is a rotary active magnetic regenerative liquefier (AMRL). A sub-system of the AMRL is a conductively cooled superconducting (SC) magnet system. This thesis presents a substantial part of the analysis and design of such a SC magnet system for an AMRL. Potential SC coil configurations for the magnet system of a rotary AMRL were examined and a partial tokamak and an elliptical split pair were selected as suitable configurations. The magnetostatic analysis and winding design of both configurations are presented along with a force analysis which was used for the structural design. An analysis of the thermal loads and design of the thermal pathways for the conduction cooling system are also presented.130 pagesAvailable to the World Wide WebThesis