This presentation will be based on low temperature superconductor magnets
producing field intensities greater than 12T. The primary approach presented
will be for high efficiency windings (i.e. peak copper current densities
at quench in excess of 1500 amps/mm2 ) containing ten plus kiloamperes
per turn operating at superfluid or boiling liquid helium temperatures
protected by installed heaters. Several examples of protection heater designs
and their subsequent operational characteristics will be presented. The
various design parameter choices, their attributes and drawbacks will be
enumerated. There are computer codes that aid in the design and the predicted
operation of these protection schemes and their use will be discussed.
There will be presented projections made as to the possible limits of the
present protection heater technology. Both open and potted winding structures
will be discussed, their similarities and differences.