Preliminary results of the US pool-boiling coils from the IFSMTF full-array tests

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:7018484

Lue, J W; Dresner, L; Lubell, M S; Luton, J N; McManamy, T J; Shen, S S

The Large Coil Task to develop superconducting magnets for fusion reactors, is now in the midst of full-array tests in the International Fusion Superconducting Magnet Test Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Included in the test array are two pool-boiling coils designed and fabricated by US manufacturers, General Dynamics/Convair Division and General Electric/Union Carbide Corporation. So far, both coils have been energized to full design currents in the single-coil tests, and the General Dynamics coil has reached the design point in the first Standard-I full-array test. Both coils performed well in the charging experiments. Extensive heating tests and the heavy instrumentation of these coils have, however, revealed some generic limitations of large pool-boiling superconducting coils. Details of these results and their analyses are reported.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7018484
• Report Number(s): CONF-860914-14; ON: DE87001830
• Resource Relation: Conference: Applied superconductivity conference (ASC '86), Baltimore, MD, USA, 28 Sep 1986; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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