Current Sharing Temperature Test and Simulation with GANDALF Code for ITER PF2 Conductor Sample

Cable-in-conduit conductor （CICC） conductor sample of the PF2 coil for ITER was tested in the SULTAN facility. According to the test results, the CICC conductor...     

Thermal Dissipation Modelling and Design of ITER PF Converter Alternating Current Busbar

Because the larger metallic surrounds are heated by the eddy current, which is generated by the AC current flowing through the AC busbar in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor(ITER) poloidal field(PF) converter system, shielding of the AC busbar is required to decrease the temperature rise of the surrounds to satisfy the design requirement. Three special types of AC busbar with natural cooling, air cooling and water cooling busbar structure have been proposed and investigated in this paper. For each cooling scheme, a 3D finite model based on the proposed structure has been developed to perform the electromagnetic and thermal analysis to predict their operation behavior. Comparing the analysis results of the three different cooling patterns, water cooling has more advantages than the other patterns and it is selected to be the thermal dissipation pattern for the AC busbar of ITER PF converter unit. The approach to qualify the suitable cooling scheme in this paper can be provided as a reference on the thermal dissipation design of AC busbar in the converter system.     

Preliminary Design and Analysis of the DC Reactor for the ITER Converter

The DC reactor is an important piece of equipment for restraining loop and ripple currents in the international thermonuclear experimental reactor （ITER） converter power supply system. As the reactor is operated at a steady state of 27.5 kA and needs to withstand a peak current of 175 kA, so the design of the DC reactor used in the ITER converter power supply system is necessary. A new water-cooling dry-type air-core reactor is designed in this work. The detailed structural parameters are calculated by theoretical formulas, and then the structure is optimized by electromagnetic simulation with ANSYS. Finally, thermal and dynamic stability analyses are performed to verify the temperature and stress at a rated current of 27.5 kA and pulsed current of 175 kA. The analysis results show that the temperature and stress meet the requirements of the ITER converter power supply system.     

ITER用极向场线圈导体短样分流温度测试

ITER用极向场（PF）线圈CICC导体短样是用西部超导材料科技有限公司提供的NbTi超导股线绕制完成,该股线在不同温度下的临界电流测试性能稳定,符合绕制导体的要求。对PF导体短样在SULTAN实验室进行了测试,经电磁循环通电前后,分流温度无较大改变,导体性能稳定。在考虑了导体自场作用的情况下,导体在5T、50kA运行环境下的分流温度为6.33K,满足ITER规定的要求。     

ITER纵场磁体过渡馈线结构力学分析

运用数值方法计算了不同等离子体运行时刻纵场磁体过渡馈线(CFT)超导母线上的电磁载荷,并确定了磁感应强度最大的时刻,采用增量有限元法对过渡馈线进行非线性力学分析,得到不同工况下结构上的应力分布及变形情况。分析结果表明,带有万向节的过渡馈线结构具有足够的强度来承受运行过程中的各种载荷,从而证明了结构设计的合理性。     

The Circulating Current Analysis and Parameter Design of Interphase—Reactor of HT—7U Toroidal Power Supply

This paper analyzes the circulating current which is produced by HT-7U superconducting toroidal power supply-two sets of two-reverse-star converter with an interphase-reactor in parallel running on the basis of the output voltage mathematical equation of three-phaase semi-wave converter circuit.A new iden of omitting interphase-reactor between two converters is proposed,and the parameter design of interphase-reactor of HT-7 toroidal power supply is presented.Simulated results demonstrate the validity of this new project.     

ITER10kA电流引线高温超导段研究

国际热核实验反应堆(ITER)高温超导电流引线（HTSCL）的特点是不仅电流容量大,且安全性要求非常高,高温超导段是HTSCL的关键部件。本文论述了ITER10kA电流引线高温超导叠和超导组件的真空钎焊工艺,分析了高温超导段漏热,并对高温超导段漏热和电流引线在10kA下的安全性参数进行了测试。结果表明,电流引线不仅漏热小,且安全裕度大,满足ITER设计要求。     

热离子能量转换器扩散工况的电流饱和特性

为阐明热离子能量转换器扩散工况下的饱和电流存在条件及其机理,通过修正电弧工况低温等离子体输运方程的电离项,建立了适用于扩散工况的输运方程,并依据发射离子裕度选择鞘层边界条件。基于牛顿迭代法实现了模型的数值求解,结果表明,采用输运理论获得的伏安特性与实验值符合较好,饱和电流的存在性可根据热发射的中和状态来判定,分析发射极鞘层电子势能分布可阐述其机理;接收极鞘层的电子势能分布随输出电流的增大发生跃变方向的改变,并不影响饱和电流的存在性。     

Test and Analysis of China's First Short Conductor Sample for ITER Toroidal Field Coils

In the framework of the ITER Qualification Tests, the first China TF conductor sample (CNTF1) was tested at the SULTAN facility. The sample was made of two TF conductor sections manufactured from identical internal stannum strands provided by the Oxford Superconducting Technology Company (OST). In order to evaluate the conductor performance, the current sharing temperature (Tcs) was measured at specified electromagnetic load cycling steps. Both conductor sections of the CNTF1 sample showed identical performance. Tcs was 7.2 K before cycling loading, and 6.9 K even after 950 cycles, without significant degradation, which substantially exceeds the ITER requirement of 5.7 K. The tests of the CNTF1 conductor sample showed that the electromagnetic cyclic load exhibited a negligible effect on the conductor performance. The coupling time constant for AC loss was 214 ms and 71.52ms before and after the cycling load, respectively. The test results of the sample are compared with the strand performance and parameter model analysis.     

Primary Design and Analysis of Feeder for ITER Poloidal Field

An electromagnetic （EM） analytic model for the PF feeder, applied to ITER and needed to convey the cryogenic supply and electrical power to the PF magnets, was ...     

直动电磁阀电流变化对电磁场特性的敏感性分析

控制棒水压驱动机构是由清华大学核能与新能源技术研究院发明的一项新型专利.直动电磁阀是该项技术的关键部件,它直接影响控制棒水压驱动机构的运行性能.本工作从电流和气隙两个方面,运用ANSYS电磁场分析软件,对直动电磁阀进行了电磁场特性分析,并进行了实验验证.分析结果表明:在电流增大或铁芯间气隙减少情况下,电磁力增大.并确定了电磁阀的工作电流大小.     

EASTICRF天线电流带电磁分析

为了实现EAST托卡马克1000s以上的稳态先进模式运行的最终物理目标,两电流带双环共振(RDL)离子回旋共振（ICRF）天线被选择用来加热,电流带是ICRF天线关键部件,它通过近场区的耦合把能量传输到等离子体中。本文通过有限元方法对电流带在等离子体破裂和等离子体垂直位移事件两种工况下进行了电磁计算,给出了电流带感应电流密度大小分布情况、磁感应强度大小分布情况以及电流带所受的电磁力。利用电流带所受的电磁力作为载荷对电流带进行了结构分析,分析结果为验证电流带结构的可行性提供理论依据,分析方法对未来更高功率的ICRF天线电流带进行电磁分析具有一定的借鉴价值。     

Limit Analysis for the Mechanical Structure of the ITER Neutron Shielding Block

The ITER neutron shielding blocks are located between the inner shell and the outer shell of the vacuum vessel (VV) with the main function of providing neutron shielding. Considering the combined loads of the shielding blocks during the plasma operation of the ITER, limit analysis for one typical ferromagnetic (FM) shielding block has been performed and the structural design has been evaluated based on the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) criterion and European standards. Results show that the collapse load of this shielding block is three times the specified load, which is much higher than the design requirement of 1.25. The structure of this neutron shielding block has a sufficient safety margin.     

Design and Structural Analysis of Support Structure for ITER Vacuum Vessel

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) vacuum vessel (VV) is a safety component confining radioactive materials such as tritium and activated dust. An independent VV support structure with multiple flexible plates located at the bottom of VV lower port is proposed as a new concept, which is deferent from the current design, i.e., the VV support is directly connected to the toroidal coils (TF coils). This independent concept has two advantages comparing to the current one: (1) thermal load due to the temperature deference between VV and TF coils becomes lower and (2) the TF coils are categorized as non-safety components because of its independence from VV. Stress Analyses have been performed to assess the integrity of the VV support structure using a precisely modeled VV structure. As a result, (1) the maximum displacement of the VV corresponding to the relative displacement between VV and TF coils is found to be 15 mm, much less than the current design clearance of 100 mm, and (2) the stresses of the whole VV system including VV support are estimated to be less than the allowable ones defined by ASME Section III Subsection NF, respectively. Based on these assessments, the feasibility of the proposed independent VV support has been verified as a VV support.     

ITERSide校正场线圈端部大圆弧模压成形及回弹分析

利用大型有限元分析软件ANSYS分析了国际热核实验反应堆（ITER）Side校正场线圈（CC）端部三维大圆弧模压成形及释放模具后导体的回弹效应,研究了不同半径成形时导体内外表面的应力、应变的分布及释放模具后导体的回弹规律。设计了1套模压成形模具,通过修模的方式在该套成形模具上进行了不同半径成形试验,测得了不同成形半径时模压成形后的回弹量值。试验结果验证了所建立的有限元分析模型的正确性。有限元分析和试验结果表明：ITERSideCC端部三维大圆弧可通过模压成形达到所需的大半径要求,为ITERSideCC端部三维大圆弧成形提供了一种可行方案。     

Conceptual Design and Analysis of Cold Mass Support of the CS3U Feeder for the ITER

In the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor(ITER) project,the feeders are one of the most important and critical systems.To convey the power supply and the coolant for the central solenoid(CS) magnet,6 sets of CS feeders are employed,which consist mainly of an in-cryostat feeder(ICF),a cryostat feed-through(CFT),an S-bend box(SBB),and a coil terminal box(CTB).To compensate the displacements of the internal components of the CS feeders during operation,sliding cold mass supports consisting of a sled plate,a cylindrical support,a thermal shield,and an external ring are developed.To check the strength of the developed cold mass supports of the CS3U feeder,electromagnetic analysis of the two superconducting busbars is performed by using the CATIA V5 and ANSYS codes based on parametric technology.Furthermore, the thermal-structural coupling analysis is performed based on the obtained results,except for the stress concentration,and the max.stress intensity is lower than the allowable stress of the selected material.It is found that the conceptual design of the cold mass support can satisfy the required functions under the worst case of normal working conditions.All these performed activities will provide a firm technical basis for the engineering design and development of cold mass supports.     

1-D thermal-hydraulic analysis of the high temperature superconducting current leads for the ITER magnet system from 5 K to 300 K

The magnet system of ITER includes high temperature superconducting (HTS) current leads with a maximum current of 68 kA for the toroidal field (TF) coils, 55 kA for the poloidal field (PF)/central solenoid (CS) coils and 10 kA for the control coils (CC), respectively. Although different in terms of size and operative conditions, the ITER HTS current leads have been all designed on the basis of an established concept, which was successfully developed for the LHC at CERN and proven by the so-called 70 kA “demonstrator” lead made by KIT and by the ITER pre-prototypes made by ASIPP in China. A broad R&D campaign has been undertaken by ASIPP and CERN in order to find optimized designs for each component of the leads. Nevertheless, a comprehensive picture of the performance of the entire HTS current leads is not yet available. In this paper, a steady state, full length, thermal-hydraulic 1-D modeling is applied to the study of the three types (TF, PF/CS, CC) of ITER HTS current leads. The results of this predictive analysis are then compared with relevant ITER requirements. It was found that the present design of the HTS current leads will fulfill these specifications.     

Safety Analysis of ITER Test Blanket Module for Water Cooled Blanket with Pebble Bed Breeder

Performance test of test blanket modules in the fusion environment using the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is one of the most important mile-stone for the development of the breeding blanket of the fusion power plant. In the design of test blanket modules in the ITER, it is very important to show that test modules do not cause additional safety concern to the ITER. This work has been performed for the evaluation of the preliminary safety of the test blanket module of a water cooled solid blanket, which is the primary candidate of the breeding blanket in Japan currently. Major issues of the evaluation were, establishment of post-accident cooling in the test blanket module, hydrogen gas generation by Be/steam reaction, and pressure increase and spilled water amount by the event of coolant leakage. The analyses results showed that, suppression tank system is necessary to accommodate the over-pressure by the coolant water after pipe break in the box of the test module. Coolant water pipe break of the first wall of the test blanket module will result relatively small impact to the ITER safety because of the small inventory of the coolant water of the test module and large volume of the vacuum vessel of the ITER. However, it was clarified that the water cooled blanket with beryllium pebble as the multiplier will have the potential hazard of the hydrogen formation. Further investigation to maintain the safety on this aspect is required.