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Title: Global test of the conductor for Tore Supra under actual working conditions

Conference · · IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6230834

In a plasma current disruption event, the superconducting winding of the toroidal coils of a Tokomak must suffer severe conditions of magnetic field variations without losing superconductivity. An experimental setup has been built to simulate conditions which would eventually occur in ''Tore Supra'' and study the behavior of the designed conductor. A sample of this conductor is subjected simultaneously to a dc transverse magnetic field up to 9.5 T, a transport current up to 2200 amp and two pulsed field components: one parallel to the conductor length, up to 1 T and one perpendicular, up to 0.35 T. The time constant of these pulsed field components is adjustable from 8 to 150 ms. They can be applied independently or simultaneously. The experimental arrangement is able to provide quantitative limits for safe operations of ''Tore Supra''. 7 refs.

Research Organization:
Cent d'Etud Nucl, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
OSTI ID:
6230834
Report Number(s):
CONF-810340-
Journal Information:
IEEE Trans. Magn.; (United States), Vol. MAG-17:5; Conference: 7. international conference on magnet technology, Karlsrube, F.R. Germany, 30 Mar 1981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English