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초록
영어
European R&D on designing their version of a DEMO fusion tokamak has recently resulted in the testing of a prototype Nb3Sn Cable-in-Conduit Conductor (CICC) for the DEMO TF coil. The characteristics and reported results of low temperature performance tests with the prototype CICC sample are compared with those from CICC samples incorporating other recent Nb3Sn cable designs. The EU-DEMO TF CICC prototype shows performance characteristics similar to that of the ITER CS CICC with short twist pitch. This is a first for a CICC sample that does not have a circular cross section. Assessment of its internal magnetostatic self-field suggests that a reduction in the internal self-field due to the rectangular geometry of the EU-DEMO TF CICC prototype compared to one with a circular geometry may have contributed to the performance characteristics showing current sharing temperature (Tcs) initially increase then stabilize with repeated electromagnetic loading, similarly to ITER CS CICC results. However, constraints on the internal self-field are not a sufficient condition for this Tcs characteristic to occur.
목차
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE PROTOTYPE EU-DEMO TF CICC
2.1. General Characteristics
2.2. Estimation of the Internal Magnetostatic Self-field
2.3. Other Cable Characteristics and their Possible Effects
2.4. Treatment of the Central Cu Core
3. COMPARISON BETWEEN CIRCULAR AND RECTANGULAR CICC CABLE
3.1. Results of the Magnetostatic Self-field Calculations
3.2. Effect of Rectangular Geometry
3.3. Change in Internal Self-field due to Geometry
4. DISCUSSION
4.1. EU-AltTF CICC vs. TFPRO2 OST2 CICC
4.2. Comparisons between Rectangular CICCs
4.3. The MF SCH Layout CICC Cables
5. CONCLUSIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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