Test result of full size 40 kA NET/ITER conductor in the FENIX test facility

Author

Bruzzone, Pierluigi ; Mitchell, N. ; Katheder, H. ; Salpietro, E. ; Chaplin, M.R. ; Shen, S.S. ; Slack, D.S. ; Rauch, J. ; Brehm, W. ; Ceresara, S. ; Ricci, M. ; Bonito Oliva, A.

Author_Institution

Max-Planck-Inst. fuer Plasmaphys., Munchen, Germany

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

357

Lastpage

360

Abstract

Three Nb/sub 3/Sn cable-in-conduit prototype conductors have been manufactured in the framework of the European conductor development program for NET. They have been tested in the FENIX test facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, beyond their operating conditions, with current up to 40 kA, magnetic field up to 13.5 T, and supercritical helium up to 8 K. The testing procedure is described and the test results are discussed. The main objective of the test was the measurement of temperature margin under DC operation and the hydraulic pressure drop.<>

Keywords

Tokamak devices; cable testing; critical current density (superconductivity); fusion reactor theory and design; niobium alloys; quenching (thermal); superconducting cables; superconducting magnets; test facilities; tin alloys; 13.5 T; 40 kA; 8 K; DC operation; FENIX test facility; NET/ITER conductor; Nb/sub 3/Sn; cable-in-conduit prototype conductors; critical current density; hydraulic pressure drop; magnetic field; poloidal field coils; quench temperature; supercritical He; temperature margin; testing; tokamak device; toroidal field coils; Conductors; Laboratories; Magnetic field measurement; Manufacturing; Niobium; Prototypes; Temperature measurement; Test facilities; Testing; Tin;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.233471

Filename

233471