Thermo-hydraulic analysis of the KSTAR central solenoid model coil

Author

Chung, Wooho ; Park, Soohwan ; Wang, Qiuliang ; Jeong, Sangkwon ; Yoon, Cheon Seog ; Oh, Yeong-Kook ; Kim, Keeman ; Bak, Joo Shik ; Lee, G.S.

Author_Institution

Nat. Fusion R&D Center, Korea Basic Sci. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2005

fDate

6/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1411

Lastpage

1414

Abstract

The Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) Central Solenoid Model Coil (CSMC) has been developed to validate the design of KSATR CS coil. The thermo-hydraulic characteristics were analyzed for the KSTAR CSMC. The major thermo-hydraulic parameters of the coil are AC losses, strand temperature, coolant temperature, pressure drop and temperature margin. A numerical code has been developed for the thermo-hydaulic analysis of the KSTAR CSMC according to the operating conditions. In this paper, the description of the thermo-hydraulic analysis models and analysis results of CSMC are presented. The total energy deposition due to AC losses in CSMC winding will induce a flow reversal of supercritical helium. The minimum temperature margin is estimated approximately 0.5 K. The maximum temperature in CSMC winding is about 7.6 K.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; electronic engineering computing; fusion reactor design; superconducting coils; AC losses parameters; CSMC winding; KSTAR; central solenoid model coil; coolant temperature; energy deposition; flow reversal; numerical code; pressure drop; strand temperature; supercritical helium; temperature margin; thermo-hydraulic analysis; Conductors; Cryogenics; Helium; Plasma temperature; Solenoids; Superconducting cables; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; System testing; Tokamaks; CSMC; KSTAR; thermo-hydraulic analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2005.849108

Filename

1439907