Construction program for a large superconducting MHD magnet system at the coal-fired flow facility

Author

Wang, S.T. ; Genens, L. ; Gonczy, J. ; Ludwig, H. ; Lieberg, M. ; Kraft, E. ; Gacek, D. ; Huang, Y.-C. ; Chen, C.-J.

Author_Institution

Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL

Volume

17

Issue

1

fYear

1981

fDate

1/1/1981 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

529

Lastpage

532

Abstract

The Argonne National Laboratory has designed and is constructing a 6 T large aperture superconducting MHD magnet for use in the Coal-Fired Flow Facility (CFFF) at the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI) at Tullahoma, Tennessee. The magnet system consists of the superconducting magnet, a magnet power supply, an integrated instrumentation for operation, control and protection, and a complete cryogenic facility including a CTI Model 2800 helium refrigerator/ liquefier with two compressors, helium gas handling system and a 7500 liter liquid helium dewar. The complete system will be tested at Argonne, IL in 1981. This paper first briefly reviews the magnet design. Second, the coil fabrication programs are described in detail.

Keywords

Fossil fuel power generation; MHD; Superconducting magnets; Apertures; Cryogenics; Helium; Instruments; Laboratories; Magnetohydrodynamics; Power supplies; Power system modeling; Power system protection; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.1981.1061004

Filename

1061004