Cryogenic supplies for the TFTR neutral beam line cryopanels

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:5182283

Pinter, G

Cryocondensing panels will be used for the Neutral Beam Lines of the TFTR to satisfy a pumping speed requirement of 2.5 x 10/sup 6/ l/s. The cryocondensing panels are fed by liquid helium (LHe), boiling at selectable temperatures of 4.5/sup 0/K or 3.8/sup 0/K. Liquid nitrogen (LN/sub 2/) panels and chevrons thermally shield the LHe panel. The closed-loop LHe supply system and the open loop LN/sub 2/ system are discussed. The helium refrigerator of minimum 1070-W capacity, together with its distribution system, and the nitrogen distribution system in the ton/hour LN/sub 2/ range is presented. Problems and their solutions in connection with the LHe system, including the distribution over a distance of 500 feet of large quantities of liquid/gas mixtures with load variations over the range of about 3 : 1, and the economies of various types of distribution lines (passive, pumped, shielded, combined), are described. The system design passed the preliminary phase. Design features and auxiliary equipment to assure dispersion of large quantities of nitrogen into the atmosphere and to permit operation under degraded cryogenic helium refrigerator performance are also discussed in Design Considerations.

• Research Organization: Grumman Aerospace Corp., Bethpage, N.Y. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-3073
• OSTI ID: 5182283
• Report Number(s): CONF-771029-159; TRN: 78-006496
• Resource Relation: Conference: 7. symposium on fusion research project, Knoxville, TN, USA, 25 Oct 1977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
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