简介:IntheframeworkoftheITER,qualificationtests,thefirstChinaTFconductorsample(CNTFl)wastestedattheSULTANfacility.ThesamplewasmadeoftwoTFconductorsectionsmanufacturedfromidenticalinternalstannumstrandsprovidedbytheOxfordSuperconductingtechnologycompany(OST).Inordertoevaluatetheconductorperformance,thecurrentsharingtemperature(Tcs)wasmeasuredatspecifiedelectromagneticloadcyclingsteps.BothconductorsectionsoftheCNTFlsampleshowedidenticalperformance.Tcswas7.2Kbeforecyclingloading,and6.9Kevenafter950cycles,withoutsignificantdegradation,whichsubstantiallyexceedstheITERrequirementof5.7K.ThetestsoftheCNTFlconductorsampleshowedthattheelectromagneticcyclicloadexhibitedanegligibleeffectontheconductorperformance.Thecouplingtimeconstant8forAClosswas214msand71.52msbeforeandafterthecyclingload,respectively.Thetestresultsofthesamplearecomparedwiththestrandperformanceandparametermodelanalysis.
简介:Neutralbeaminjection(NBI)isrecognizedasoneofthemosteffectivemeansforplasmaheating.A100slongpulseneutralbeamwith30keVbeamenergy,10Abeamcurrentanda100slongpulsemodulatingneutralbeamwith50keVbeamenergy,16AbeamcurrentwereachievedintheEASTneutralbeaminjectoronthetest-stand.ThepreliminaryresultssuggestthatEAST-NBIsysteminitiallypossesstheabilityoflongpulsebeamextraction.