Stability performance of the DPC-TJ Nb/sub 3/Sn cable-in-conduit large superconducting coil

Author

Sasaki, T. ; Koizumi, N. ; Nishi, M. ; Okuno, K. ; Yoshida, K. ; Tsuji, H. ; Mukai, H. ; Wachi, Y. ; Hamajima, T. ; Nakayama, S. ; Fujioka, T.

Author_Institution

JAERI, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

523

Lastpage

526

Abstract

The DPC-TJ test coil was developed in the collaboration between the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) and Toshiba for the Demo Poloidal Coil (DPC) project at JAERI to obtain key technologies required for the construction of superconducting coils of a fusion experimental reactor. The DPC-TJ is a 1-m-bore, 40-A/mm/sup 2/ forced-flow cooled superconducting coil wound with a double-walled 24-kA, 12-T (NbTi)/sub 3/Sn cable-in-conduit conductor. The DPC-TJ was tested to investigate stability performance at operating conditions between 15 kA, 2.3 T and 30 kA, 4.5 T. Another test was carried out with a 1/18 reduced-scale model of the DPC-TJ conductor to investigate stability margins at the designed field of 12 T. Results indicated the limiting current of the DPC-TJ was around 25 kA. The DPC-TJ coil was stably charged up to 30 kA without any normal transitions because only a small mechanical disturbance could occur in the newly developed type of conductor.<>

Keywords

fusion reactor theory and design; niobium alloys; quenching (thermal); superconducting cables; superconducting magnets; tin alloys; (NbTi/sub 3/) Sn superconductor; 1 m; 12 T; 15 kA; 2.3 T; 24 kA; 25 kA; 30 kA; 4.5 T; DPC-TJ test coil; Demo Poloidal Coil; cable-in-conduit conductor; forced-flow cooled superconducting coil; fusion experimental reactor; limiting current; mechanical disturbance; quenching; stability margins; stability performance; superconducting coils; Collaboration; Conductors; Inductors; Niobium compounds; Stability; Superconducting coils; Testing; Tin; Titanium compounds; Wounds;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.233758

Filename

233758