Team one (GA/MCA) effort of the DOE 12 tesla coil development program
The 1980 effort has been concentrated upon four major tasks: completion of the conceptual design of an ETF reactor compatible TF-coil employing helium bath cooled NbTi alloy conductor; procurement of conductor for the coil to be tested at the LLNL HFTF during FY 82; design of the test coil; and a series of relevant tests using the GA HFTF. The ETF TF-coil concept employs cabled NbTiTa/copper conductor, immersed in a helium bath subcooled to 2.5 K from a saturation temperature of 3 K. A saturated superfluid (He II) bath cooled option is also under consideration. Hoop, radial and circumferential bearing loads are borne by a multicomponent frame of stainless steel strips which surround the pancake (spiral) wound conductor. Magnetic Corporation of America is providing the 10 kA, three level, unsoldered, uninsulated Rutherford cable for the test coil. Meanwhile, at GA, a series of heat pulse/recovery tests are being performed upon samples of cabled conductor, at 2.5 - 3 K, and in the He II range. These tests will guide the test coil cryogenic design, and provide improved insight into results later obtained with that coil at Livermore. The 0.4 m I.D. x 1 m O.D. Test Coil has been designed. Its salient features are presented.
- Research Organization:
- General Atomic Co., San Diego, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT03-76ET51011
- OSTI ID:
- 6836561
- Report Number(s):
- GA-A-16070; CONF-801011-67
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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