Test of the Nb/A1 Insert and ITER Central Solenoid Model Coil
The Central Solenoid Model Coil (CSMC) was designed and built by an ITER collaboration in 1993-2001. Three heavily instrumented Inserts have been also built for testing in the background field of the CSMC. The Nb3AI Insert was designed and built by Japan to explore the feasibility of an alternative to Nb3Sn superconductor for fusion magnets. The Nb3AI Insert coil was tested in the CSMC Test Facility at the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Naka, Japan in March-May 2002. It was the third Insert tested in this facility under this program. The Nb3AI Insert coil was charged successfully without training in the background field of the CSMC to the design current of 46 kA at 13 T peak field and later was successfully charged up to 60 kA in 12.5 T field. This paper presents the test results overview.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15002769
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-149390; TRN: US200420%%52
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ASC 2002 Applied Superconductivity Conference, Houston, TX (US), 08/04/2002--08/09/2002; Other Information: PBD: 29 Jul 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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