Fabrication and installation of equilibrium field coils for the JT-60SA

JT-60SA平衡磁場コイルの製作と設置

土屋 勝彦; 木津 要; 村上 陽之; 柏 好敏; 吉澤 憲生; 吉田 清; 長谷川 満*; 久野 和雄*; 野元 一宏*; 堀井 弘幸*

Tsuchiya, Katsuhiko; Kizu, Kaname; Murakami, Haruyuki; Kashiwa, Yoshitoshi; Yoshizawa, Norio; Yoshida, Kiyoshi; Hasegawa, Mitsuru*; Kuno, Kazuo*; Nomoto, Kazuhiro*; Horii, Hiroyuki*

JT-60SA装置の超伝導平衡磁場(EF)コイルのうち、トロイダル磁場(TF)コイルの下側に設置されるEF4, 5, 6の3つのコイルは、TFコイル設置前に製作を完了する必要がある。EFコイルの一号機として、2011年よりEF4コイルの製作が開始され、2012年4月に巻線が完成した。プラズマを高い精度で制御するために本コイルに対して求められている製作・設置精度は、電流中心半径では、両者合わせて6mm以内である。EF4コイルについて、積層後に巻線全体の非円形度を計測すると0.6mm(+0.2から-0.4mm)であり、要求精度の十分の一を達成できたことがわかった。これは、非変形度の生じやすいジョイント部を、一つのセクションに集中させることなく、DPコイルごとに位置を散らす構造としたため、誤差が平均化されたことによるものが一因と考えられる。これにより、今後大口径(8ないし11m)のEFコイル製作について、高い精度で製作できる目処がたち、設置精度に十分な裕度を残せる結果となった。

The programme of constructing JT-60SA device is progressing under the framework of the Broader Approach project. Superconducting poloidal field (PF) coil system, which was decided to be procured by Japan, consists of a central solenoid (CS) with four solenoid modules and six equilibrium field (EF) coils. Each of EF coil has individual diameters, 4.5 to 12 m. Fabrication of EF4 coil, which is set at the lowermost of torus, was started from the beginning of 2009 as a first EF coil. EF4 coil has ten double pancake (DP) coils, and sizes of circularity were measured for all DP coil after curing process. Maximum error of circularity was 3.1 mm, which was nearly a half of the design tolerance, 6 mm. After stacking these DP coils, winding pack of EF4 was completed in the spring of 2012. After optimizing the positions of DP coils to cancel the error of circulation which each DP coil has, error of radial current centre of DP coils will be achieved in the range between + 0.2 to - 0.4 mm. Structural analysis of terminal structure was also performed. Terminal part has a pair of conductors bended toward the lower side of winding pack. A side of them (positive terminal) was covered by stainless steel armor to prevent the movement by electromagnetic force because a length of conductor was longer due to starting from the top of winding pack. Another side (negative terminal) was not covered by armor in the first design because this length was relatively short. However, it was clear on the structural analysis that mechanical strength of insulation around this terminal was not sufficient. Therefore, we also reinforced this side with stainless steel. From this April, fabrication of EF coils with large bore (larger than 8 m of diameter) will be started at the facility built in JAEA Naka site. In this paper, we will discuss about technological problem during the fabrication of large bore EF coils, such as temperature control at the winding process.