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Title: Internally Cooled Cable Superconductor (ICCS) for TF and PF coils of FED

Abstract

Internally Cooled Cable Superconductor (ICCS) concepts developed for TF and PF coils of FED are described. These concepts represent one of the options for FED, and other conductor concepts are still being explored, i.e., no decision has been made for the conductor concepts to be utilized for FED. The TF coil conductor design is based on an ICCS successfully used in a small test magnet at ORNL. The conductor consists of triplets of NbTi strands loosely packed in a stainless steel conduit similar to the Westinghouse LCP coil. The operating current for the conductor is 25.5 kA at l0T and 3.1/sup 0/K. The conductor is co-wound with a stainless steel C-shaped channel to provide a direct load path to the coil case for the accumulated magnetic loads in the winding. The strand diameter in the conductor is optimized to reduce the eddy current losses. The nuclear heating in the winding is the most dominant heat load. In order to remove these heat loads due to nuclear heating and ac losses in the winding, it is necessary to lower the inlet temperature of helium to 2.2/sup 0/K. The conductor has a thermal capacity of approx. 200 mJ/cc, which provides a comfortablemore » stability margin under the operating conditions.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5651647
Report Number(s):
CONF-821108-32
ON: DE84003365
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-26
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Applied superconductivity conference, Knoxville, TN, USA, 30 Nov 1982; Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; DESIGN; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS; COOLING; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM ALLOYS; ALLOYS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETS; EQUIPMENT; MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; 700202* - Fusion Power Plant Technology- Magnet Coils & Fields; 420201 - Engineering- Cryogenic Equipment & Devices

Citation Formats

Srivastava, V C, Lue, J W, and Lubell, M S. Internally Cooled Cable Superconductor (ICCS) for TF and PF coils of FED. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
Srivastava, V C, Lue, J W, & Lubell, M S. Internally Cooled Cable Superconductor (ICCS) for TF and PF coils of FED. United States.
Srivastava, V C, Lue, J W, and Lubell, M S. 1982. "Internally Cooled Cable Superconductor (ICCS) for TF and PF coils of FED". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5651647.
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abstractNote = {Internally Cooled Cable Superconductor (ICCS) concepts developed for TF and PF coils of FED are described. These concepts represent one of the options for FED, and other conductor concepts are still being explored, i.e., no decision has been made for the conductor concepts to be utilized for FED. The TF coil conductor design is based on an ICCS successfully used in a small test magnet at ORNL. The conductor consists of triplets of NbTi strands loosely packed in a stainless steel conduit similar to the Westinghouse LCP coil. The operating current for the conductor is 25.5 kA at l0T and 3.1/sup 0/K. The conductor is co-wound with a stainless steel C-shaped channel to provide a direct load path to the coil case for the accumulated magnetic loads in the winding. The strand diameter in the conductor is optimized to reduce the eddy current losses. The nuclear heating in the winding is the most dominant heat load. In order to remove these heat loads due to nuclear heating and ac losses in the winding, it is necessary to lower the inlet temperature of helium to 2.2/sup 0/K. The conductor has a thermal capacity of approx. 200 mJ/cc, which provides a comfortable stability margin under the operating conditions.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982},
month = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982}
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