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Detection of the normal zone with cowound sensors in cable-in conduit conductors

Conference ·
OSTI ID:286175
Tokamaks in the future will use superconducting cable-in-conduit- conductors (CICC) in all poloidal field (PF) and toroidal field (TF) magnets. Conventional quench detection, the measurement of small resistive normal zone voltages ({lt}1 V) in the magnets will be complicated by the presence of large inductive voltages ({gt}4 kV). In the quench detection design for TPX, we have considered several different locations for internal co-wound voltage sensors in the cable cross-section as the primary mechanism to cancel this inductive noise. The Noise Rejection Experiment (NRE) at LLNL has been designed to evaluate which internal locations will produce the best inductive- noise cancellation, and provide us with experimental data for comparison with previously developed theory. The details of the experiments and resulting data are presented and analyzed.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073; W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
286175
Report Number(s):
UCRL-JC--124582; CONF-960850--1; ON: DE96014090
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English