Title :
Cooldown analysis of the toroidal field coils for the Burning Plasma Experiment (BPX)
Author_Institution :
Plasma Phys. Lab., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
fDate :
30 Sep-3 Oct 1991
Abstract :
The toroidal field (TF) coils for BPX are Bitter plate coils designed to be rapidly pulsed at high power levels, and then recooled by liquid nitrogen within an hour. The analysis of this cooldown process in support of the conceptual design of the BPX TF coils is discussed. There are two major aspects of the cooldown analysis: (1) the thermal conduction within the Bitter plate; and (2) two-phased nitrogen flow and heat transfer. Analysis results are presented
Keywords :
fusion reactor theory and design; BPX; Bitter plate coils; Burning Plasma Experiment; TF; conceptual design; cooldown process; heat transfer; high power levels; liquid N; rapidly pulsed; recooled; thermal conduction; toroidal field coils; two-phased; Coolants; Finite element methods; Geometry; Heat transfer; Nitrogen; Plasma temperature; Superconducting coils; Temperature distribution; Thermal conductivity; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1991. Proceedings., 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0132-3
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1991.218904
