High-field conductor testing at the FENIX facility
The Fusion Engineering International experiments (FENIX) Test Facility, which was commissioned at the end of 1991, is the first facility in the world capable of testing prototype conductors for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) superconducting magnets. The FENIX facility provides test conditions that simulate the ITER magnet operating environment; more importantly, it also accommodates specific experiments to determine the operational margins for the prototype conductors. The FENIX facility generates magnetic fields close to 14 T, and transport currents over 40 kA for testing the prototype conductors. This paper describes an experimental program that measures critical currents, current-sharing temperatures, forced-flow properties, and cyclic effects.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 10155226
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-113199; CONF-9303157-1; ON: DE93012318
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 8. United States-Japan workshop on high-field superconductors Applied Superconducting Center,Madison, WI (United States),16-19 Mar 1993; Other Information: PBD: 5 Apr 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Testing of ITER prototype cable-in-conduit conductors in the FENIX facility
Testing of ITER prototype cable-in-conduit conductors in the FENIX Facility