Conceptual design of Dump resistor for Superconducting CS of SST-1

10th Asia Plasma and Fusion Association Conference

Roy, Swati^1 ; Raj, Piyush^1 ; Panchal, Arun^1 ; Pradhan, Subrata^1

Institute for Plasma Research, Near Indira Bridge, Bhat, Gandhinagar

382 428, India^1

关键词: Magnetic energies;    Maximum temperature;    Operating currents;    Operation cycles;    Quench protection;    Stainless steel grids;    Stray inductances;    Thermal parameters;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/823/1/012014/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/823/1/012014

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Under upgradation activities for SST-1, the existing resistive central solenoid (CS) coil will be replaced with Nb3Sn based superconducting coil. Design of Central solenoid had been completed and some of the initiative has already taken for its manufacturing. The superconducting CS will store upto 3 MJ of magnetic energy per operation cycle with operating current upto 14 kA. During quench, energy stored in the coils has to be extracted rapidly with a time constant of 1.5 s by inserting a 20 mΩ dump resistor in series with the superconducting CS which is normally shorted by circuit breakers. As a critical part of the superconducting CS quench protection system, a conceptual design of the 20 mΩ dump resistor has been proposed. The required design aspects and a dimensional layout of the dump resistor for the new superconducting CS has been presented and discussed. The basic structure of the proposed dump resistor comprises of stainless steel grids connected in series in the form of meander to minimize the stray inductance and increase the surface area for cooling. Such an array of grids connected in series and parallel will cater to the electrical as well as thermal parameters. It will be cooled by natural convection. During operation, the estimated maximum temperature of the proposed dump resistor will raise upto 600 K.