Experience of superconducting current feeders system of SST-1

Gupta, Naresh; Garg, Atul; Sonara, D.; Shah, P.; Panchal, R.; Patel, R.; Mehsuria, G.; Panchal, P.; Nimavat, H.; Patel, Ketan M.; Srikanth, G. L. N.; Christian, D.; Sharma, Ritika; Bairagi, N.; Tanna, V. L.; Pradhan, Sunil Kumar

doi:10.5958/2349-2120.2014.00811.5

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“…1 [1]. In order to carry out CFS assembly with essential components, a horizontal capsule shaped cryostat has been provided as shown in Fig.…”

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Cool Down Experiences with the SST-1 Helium Cryogenics System before and after Current Feeders System Modification

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The SST-1 machine comprises a superconducting magnet system (SCMS), which includes TF and PF magnets. In order to charge the SCMS, we need superconducting current feeders consisting of SC feeders and vapor cooled current leads (VCCLs). We have installed all 10 (+/-) pairs of VCCLs for the TF and PF systems. While conducting initial engineering validation of the SST-1 machine, our prime objective was to produce circular plasma using only the TF system. During the SST-1 campaign I to VI, we have to stop the PF magnets cooling in order to get the cryostable conditions for current charging of the TF magnets system. In that case, the cooling of the PF current leads is not essential. It has been also observed that after aborting the PF system cooling, there was a limited experimental window of TF operation. Therefore, in the recent SST-1 campaign-VII, we removed the PF current leads (9 pairs) and kept only single (+/-) pair of the 10,000 A rated VCCLs to realize the charging of the TF system for the extended window of operation. We have observed a better cryogenic stability in the TF magnets after modifications in the CFS. In this paper, we report the comparison of the cool down performance for the SST-1 machine operation before and after modifications of the current feeders system.

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“…1 [1]. In order to carry out CFS assembly with essential components, a horizontal capsule shaped cryostat has been provided as shown in Fig.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%