Estimation of the lifetime of resin insulators against baking temperature for JT-60SA in-vessel coils

高温環境下におけるJT-60SA容器内コイル用樹脂絶縁材の寿命評価

助川 篤彦; 村上 陽之; 松永 剛; 櫻井 真治; 武智 学; 吉田 清; 池田 佳隆

Sukegawa, Atsuhiko; Murakami, Haruyuki; Matsunaga, Go; Sakurai, Shinji; Takechi, Manabu; Yoshida, Kiyoshi; Ikeda, Yoshitaka

JT-60SA計画は、ITER計画の幅広いアプローチ計画の日欧協力で進められている。JT-60SA容器内コイルは日本で設計・製作を行う。容器内コイル用の樹脂絶縁材には、真空容器のベーキング温度条件(200C, 40000時間)に沿った耐熱性能が要求される。今回、容器内コイル設計に向け、耐熱耐久性の調査を実施し、220C環境で、エポキシ樹脂、シアネートエステル樹脂を母材とする7種類の候補樹脂絶縁材の寿命評価を実施した。高温環境下における化学反応速度はアレニウス法で評価する。耐熱耐久試験では、180C, 200C, 220Cの恒温槽で一定期間保持し、その後、絶縁材の重量減少を測定する。樹脂絶縁材の重量減少率の結果を入力にワイブル解析を実施し、その後、アレニウスプロットにより候補樹脂絶縁材の寿命評価を初めて実施した。この結果、容器内コイルの適用温度は169Cであることが分かった。

The JT-60SA project is a EU - JA satellite tokamak under Broader Approach in support of the ITER project. In-vessel coils are designed and assembled by JA. The resin-insulator is required to have a heat resistance against the baking temperature of vacuum vessel of 200C (40000 hour). Thus the assessment of the heat load is fundamental for the design of the coils. However, the estimation of the lifetime of resin-insulator under the high-temperature region has not been examined. In the present study, the estimation of the lifetime of seven candidate resin-insulators such as epoxy resin and cyanate-ester resin under the 220C temperature region have been performed for the current coils design. Weight reduction of the seven candidate insulators was measured at different heating times under 180C, 200C and 220C environment using three thermostatic ovens, respectively. The reduction of the insulators has been used as input for Weibull-analysis towards Arrhenius-plot. Lifetime of the resins has been estimated for the first time at the high temperature region by the plot. Lifetime of the resin-insulators have been evaluated and discussed as well as the available temperature of the in-vessel coils.