Title :
Full-array test results of the Swiss LCT coil
Author :
Zichy, J.A. ; Jakob, B.
Author_Institution :
Swiss Inst. for Nucl. Res., Villigen, Switzerland
fDate :
3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Swiss contribution to the international Large Coil Task (LCT) is a D-shaped 2.5*3.5 m2 bore, superconducting toroidal-field coil of 8-T. The conductor is made from fully transposed, Cu-stabilized filamentary NbTi wire. The data taken during the full-array test of the Swiss coil are discussed. In these experiments the coil was energized together with the five background coils and successfully reached several times its rated current of 13 kA, thereby subjecting its conductor to the maximum field of 8.0 T. Additional tests were performed with stationary heat load without driving the coil normal. The full-array and single-coil test results are presented and compared with each other and with predictions.
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor materials; superconducting magnets; testing; 13 kA; Large Coil Task; NbTi wire; NbTi-Cu; Swiss LCT coil; full-array test; fusion reactors; single-coil test; stationary heat load; superconducting toroidal-field coil; tokamak device; Conductors; Copper; Helium; Niobium compounds; Silicon compounds; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Testing; Titanium compounds; Toroidal magnetic fields;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
