Startup of Large Coil Test Facility
Abstract
The Large Coil Test Facility (LCTF) is being used to test superconducting toroidal field coils about one-third the size of those for INTOR. Eventually, six different coils from four countries will be tested. Operations began in 1983 with acceptance testing of the helium refrigerator/liquefier system. Comprehensive shakedown of the facility and tests with the first three coils (from Japan, the United States, and Switzerland) were successfully accomplished in the summer of 1984. Currents up to 10,200 A and fields up to 6.4 T were reached. Data were obtained on performance of refrigerator, helium distribution, power supplies, controls, and data acquisition systems and on the acoustic emission, voltages, currents, and mechanical strains during charging and discharging the coils.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6346279
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-840915-6
ON: DE85001669
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 13. symposium on fusion technology, Varese, Italy, 24 Sep 1984; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; LARGE COIL PROGRAM; START-UP; DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; OPERATION; TEST FACILITIES; 700202* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Magnet Coils & Fields
Citation Formats
Haubenreich, P N, Bohanan, R E, Fietz, W A, Luton, J N, and May, J R. Startup of Large Coil Test Facility. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Haubenreich, P N, Bohanan, R E, Fietz, W A, Luton, J N, & May, J R. Startup of Large Coil Test Facility. United States.
Haubenreich, P N, Bohanan, R E, Fietz, W A, Luton, J N, and May, J R. 1984.
"Startup of Large Coil Test Facility". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6346279.
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abstractNote = {The Large Coil Test Facility (LCTF) is being used to test superconducting toroidal field coils about one-third the size of those for INTOR. Eventually, six different coils from four countries will be tested. Operations began in 1983 with acceptance testing of the helium refrigerator/liquefier system. Comprehensive shakedown of the facility and tests with the first three coils (from Japan, the United States, and Switzerland) were successfully accomplished in the summer of 1984. Currents up to 10,200 A and fields up to 6.4 T were reached. Data were obtained on performance of refrigerator, helium distribution, power supplies, controls, and data acquisition systems and on the acoustic emission, voltages, currents, and mechanical strains during charging and discharging the coils.},
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