SULTAN - Forced flow, high field test facility

Author

Horvath, I. ; Vécsey, G. ; Weymuth, P. ; Zellweger, J.

Author_Institution

SIN, Villigen, Switzerland

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

1981

fDate

9/1/1981 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2246

Lastpage

2249

Abstract

Driven by their common interest, three European laboratories: CNEN [Frascati, I] ECN [Petten, NL] and SIN [Villigen, CH] decided to coordinate their development efforts and to install a common high field forced flow test facility at Villigen. The test facility SULTAN (Supraleiter Testanlage) is presently under construction. As a first step, a 8T/1m bore solenoid with cryogenic periphery will be ready within 1981. The cryogenic system, data acquisition system and power supplies which are contributed by SIN are described in this paper. Experimental feasibilities, including cooling flexibility, and instrumentation are shortly reviewed. Progress of components and facility construction is described. In addition, planned extension of the background field up to 12T by insert coils is outlined.

Keywords

Materials testing; Superconducting magnets, plasma confinement; Superconducting materials; Testing; Tokamaks, superconducting magnets; Boring; Cooling; Cryogenics; Data acquisition; Laboratories; Power supplies; Silicon compounds; Solenoids; Test facilities; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.1981.1061453

Filename

1061453