Study on current sharing phenomena observed during the testing of ITER prototype cable-in-conduit conductors in the FENIX test facility

Author

Lee, Young J. ; Wong, Robert L. ; Shen, Stewart S.

Author_Institution

ICF Kaiser Eng., Oakland, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

688

Abstract

Current sharing phenomena were studied during the testing of ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) prototype sample conductors in the FENIX (Fusion Engineering International Experiments) test facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. During steady-state operation in the current sharing region, voltage drops of up to 200 μV were measured across the conductor. These experimental results were studied in detail using computer program CICC. Differences between the computer predictions and experimental results are postulated to be due to interstrand cross-currents

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactors; nuclear engineering computing; superconducting coils; FENIX test facility; Fusion Engineering International Experiments; ITER prototype cable-in-conduit conductors; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; computer program CICC; current sharing; interstrand cross-currents; prototype sample conductors; steady-state operation; Conductors; Current measurement; Design engineering; Inductors; Laboratories; Prototypes; Steady-state; Test facilities; Testing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hyannis, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1412-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1993.518422

Filename

518422