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Al strands subjected to an axial-strain for fusion DEMO reactorHemmi, Tsutomu; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Nunoya, Yoshihiko; Okui, Yoshio*; Matsui, Kunihiro; Nabara, Yoshihiro; Isono, Takaaki; Takahashi, Yoshikazu; Okuno, Kiyoshi; Banno, Nobuya*; et al.
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 19(3), p.1540 - 1543, 2009/06
Times Cited Count：16 Percentile：62.03(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)NbAl cable-in-conduit (CIC) conductors have been developed as one of candidates for the fusion DEMO reactor. The performances of superconducting strands in the CIC conductor are affected by transverse electromagnetic force and thermal strain at reaction heat treatment. In order to accurately design the conductors for the fusion DEMO reactor, the performance evaluation of the NbAl strands, which is processed by a rapid heating, quenching and transformation (RHQT) method, was performed under various temperature, magnetic field and axial-strain conditions. The measured and parameterized results of the NbAl strands are presented.
Nunoya, Yoshihiko; Takahashi, Yoshikazu; Hamada, Kazuya; Isono, Takaaki; Matsui, Kunihiro; Oshikiri, Masayuki; Nabara, Yoshihiro; Hemmi, Tsutomu; Nakajima, Hideo; Kawano, Katsumi; et al.
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 19(3), p.1492 - 1495, 2009/06
Times Cited Count：1 Percentile：12.08(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)The ITER Poloidal Field Conductor Insert (PFCI) was constructed to characterize the performance of selected cable-in-conduit NbTi conductors for the ITER Poloidal Field (PF) under relevant operating conditions. The PFCI was installed and tested inside the bore of the ITER CS model coil, which provides the background magnetic field. The PFCI is a single-layer solenoid, wound from about 50 m of a full-size ITER cable-in-conduit conductor. The winding diameter and height are about 1.5 m and 1 m, respectively. The nominal design current of the conductor is 45 kA at 6 T and 5 K. The main items in the PFCI test programme are current sharing temperature (Tcs) measurements, critical current (Ic) measurements and AC loss measurement. The key technology of the installation, the test methods and procedures, and some preliminary results of the testing campaigns are described and discussed in this paper.
Matsui, Kunihiro; Isono, Takaaki; Nunoya, Yoshihiko; Hemmi, Tsutomu; Okui, Yoshio*; Oshikiri, Masayuki; Koizumi, Norikiyo; Takahashi, Yoshikazu; Okuno, Kiyoshi; Stepanov, B.*; et al.
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 19(3), p.1470 - 1473, 2009/06
Times Cited Count：20 Percentile：67.6(Engineering, Electrical & Electronic)Conductor procurement for ITER Toroidal Field (TF) coils in Japan has just stated in the spring of 2008 under agreement with ITER organization. Before the activity, each NbSn conductor must be tested at SULTAN facility in Switzerland for qualification of the conductor. The TF conductor is cable-in-conduit type with about 40 mm outer diameter and is composed of 900 NbSn strands, 522 Cu strands, a central spiral and a 316LN tube. Required performance of the conductor is Tcs of 5.7 K at 68 kA and 11.3 T, which is operating condition of TF coils. Japan has four NbSn strand suppliers for ITER and two of them were already tested as Japanese 1st and 2nd SULTAN samples. This paper shows test results of 3rd Japanese SULTAN sample using NbSn strands fabricated by resting two suppliers.
