Joint+conductor thermal-hydraulic experiment and analysis on the full size joint sample using MITHRANDIR 2.1

Author

Zanino, R. ; Santagati, P. ; Savoldi, L.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Energetica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

10

Issue

1

fYear

2000

fDate

3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1110

Lastpage

1113

Abstract

Accurate modeling of thermal-hydraulic transients in a joint+conductor system, e.g., in the analysis of the test program of the ITER Model Coils (CSMC and TFMC) requires major extension of existing codes. The two-fluid MITHRANDI code has been upgraded accordingly to version 2.1 and it can now deal with variable geometry and materials along the hydraulic path. A limited validation of the extended quasi one-dimensional model is presented against data we obtained in dedicated thermal-hydraulic tests on the Full Size Joint Sample (FSJS). Taking into account experimental uncertainties the agreement between prediction and measurement can be considered good.

Keywords

superconducting coils; CSMC; ITER model coil; MITHRANDIR 2.1; TFMC; full size joint sample; joint+conductor system; quasi-one-dimensional model; thermal-hydraulic transients; two-fluid model; Cable shielding; Coils; Conducting materials; Conductors; Geometry; Resistance heating; Solenoids; System testing; Thermal conductivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.828427

Filename

828427