• DocumentCode
    1406127
  • Title

    Computational Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the Helium Inlet Options for the ITER Central Solenoid

  • Author

    Zanino, R. ; Martovetsky, N.N. ; Pasquali, A. ; Richard, L.S. ; Speziani, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Energetica, Politec. di Torino, Torino, Italy
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    4902505
  • Lastpage
    4902505
  • Abstract
    A new 3D CFD model has been developed and applied to the hydraulic analysis of three different inlet options for the ITER Central Solenoid. From the point of view of flow repartition among the petals, it appears that shorter, more compact options have even a marginal advantage over a long slit inlet; their hydraulic impedance is larger, but always within the allowable. No overheating associated to low n value of the Nb3Sn conductor is predicted for either inlet option.
  • Keywords
    Tokamak devices; computational fluid dynamics; hydraulic systems; plasma toroidal confinement; thermal analysis; 3D CFD model; ITER central solenoid; computational thermal-hydraulic analysis; flow repartition; helium inlet options; hydraulic impedance; Computational fluid dynamics; Computational modeling; Conductors; Helium; Power cables; Solid modeling; Wrapping; CFD; ITER; nuclear fusion; superconducting magnets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASC.2011.2178982
  • Filename
    6111453
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1406127