Cooldown performance of an inner vertical field coil for the Large Helical Device

Author

Takahata, K. ; Mito, T. ; Satow, T. ; Nishimura, A. ; Yamada, S. ; Yanagi, N. ; Iwamoto, A. ; Chikaraishi, H. ; Imagawa, S. ; Tamura, H. ; Satoh, S. ; Tanahashi, S. ; Yamamoto, J. ; Motojima, O. ; Yamakoshi, T. ; Yoshida, T. ; Hanawa, S. ; Kai, T.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. for Fusion Sci., Gifu, Japan

Volume

32

Issue

4

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2252

Lastpage

2255

Abstract

A single cooldown test of an inner vertical (IV) field coil for the Large Helical Device (LHD) was started on February 1 of 1995, and the superconducting transition of the coil was confirmed on February 23. The coil is a forced-flow type using a cable-in-conduit (CIC) superconductor and weighing about 16 tons. The total cooldown time was about 250 hours not including suspended time. Pressure drop characteristics were measured during the cooldown, and the same results were obtained as the R&D coil previously tested. The cooldown time could be reduced by indirect cooling using stainless steel sleeves with cooling pipes. The indirect cooling is effective for the CIC conductor which has no subchannel because otherwise an adequate mass flow cannot be obtained due to a high pressure drop in the high temperature region. The temperature distribution in the vertical direction was also examined during the indirect cooling

Keywords

cable sheathing; electric conduits; fusion reactor materials; fusion reactors; power cable testing; power cables; superconducting cables; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; superconducting materials; Large Helical Device; cable-in-conduit superconductor; cooldown test; indirect cooling; inner vertical superconducting field coil; pressure drop characteristics; temperature distribution; Conductors; Cooling; High temperature superconductors; Power cables; Pressure measurement; Steel; Superconducting cables; Superconducting coils; Temperature distribution; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.508614

Filename

508614