DocumentCode :
1432153
Title :
Conductor Manufacturing of the ITER TF Full-Size Performance Samples
Author :
Di Zenobio, A. ; della Corte, A. ; Muzzi, L. ; Turtù, S. ; Bragagni, A. ; Tanguenza, A. ; Valori, D. ; Baldini, A. ; Bessette, D. ; Devred, A. ; Vostner, Alexander
Author_Institution :
ENEA, Rome, Italy
Volume :
20
Issue :
3
fYear :
2010
fDate :
6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
1412
Lastpage :
1415
Abstract :
In the framework of the final design activities related to the ITER Toroidal Field (TF) coils, following the very good results obtained during the TF Prototype Conductors measurement campaign, Fusion For Energy, the European Domestic Agency for ITER, has launched the conductor performance qualification phase in order to confirm the final ITER TF conductor design. Six conductor lengths have been cabled by different strand types coming from different producers: LUVATA Pori, Oxford Instruments Superconducting Technology (OST), ALSTOM (for two different strand layouts) and European Advanced Superconductors (EAS) (for two different strand layouts). ENEA has been in charge of performing QA and monitoring activity during the conductor production at LUVATA Fornaci di Barga and TRATOS Cavi, and to make visual/destructive tests over some spare lengths of the samples in order to have a detailed characterization of the produced conductors. The conductor unit lengths have been successfully manufactured and all the different work phases are here described, along with a discussion of the encountered problems and the adopted solutions. Five samples have been successfully tested in the SULTAN facility during 2009.
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor materials; superconducting cables; ALSTOM; ENEA; European advanced superconductors; ITER TF full-size performance samples; ITER toroidal field coils; LUVATA Pori; Nb3Sn; Nb3Sn strand types; Oxford instruments superconducting technology; SULTAN facility; TF prototype conductors measurement; conductor manufacturing; conductor performance qualification phase; conductor unit lengths; monitoring activity; quality analysis; ${rm Nb}_{3}{rm Sn}$; Cable-in-conduit; ITER; TF; conductor;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1051-8223
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2010.2042050
Filename :
5424127
Link To Document :
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