• DocumentCode
    1064443
  • Title

    Design of the Nb3Sn Demo Poloidal Coil (DPC-EX)

  • Author

    Ando, T. ; Nishi, M. ; Tsuji, H. ; Takahashi, Y. ; Yoshida, K. ; Tada, E. ; Koizumi, K. ; Nakajima, H. ; Shimamoto, S.

  • Author_Institution
    JAERI, Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1444
  • Lastpage
    1447
  • Abstract
    The DPC-EX is designed with an inner diameter of 1 m, an operating current of 10 kA, a maximum field of 10 T, and a field changing rate of 10 T/s. The conductor is a flat cable-in-conduit conductor composed of 153 Nb3(SnIn) strands. The sub-channels are connected to main channels (within the cable space) providing a mixing channel which removes the generated heat (e.g. AC losses) and reduces the pressure rise during quench. To reduce AC losses, tantalum as a tin diffusion barrier and chrome to insulate the strands are provided. JK-1, which is a modified 316LN stainless steel and has good mechanical properties for aging under the heat treatment condition of Nb3Sn, was chosen for the conduit material. The average heat load into the conductor is 0.3 W/m. The temperature rise and pressure drop are below 1 K and 1 atm, for a flow rate of 10 g/s and a coolant path length of 121 m.
  • Keywords
    Tokamak devices; coils; fusion reactor materials; fusion reactor theory and design; niobium alloys; superconducting magnets; tin alloys; 10 kA; AC losses; Demo Poloidal Coil; Nb3Sn; cable-in-conduit conductor; coolant path length; flow rate; heat treatment; mixing channel; pressure drop; stainless steel; temperature rise; Aging; Conducting materials; Conductors; Heat treatment; Insulation; Mechanical factors; Niobium; Space heating; Steel; Tin;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.11514
  • Filename
    11514