Commissioning Result of the Kstar Helium Refrigeration System

Park, Dong-Seong; Chang, Hyuk; Joo, Jae-Joon; Moon, K.M.; Cho, Kwang-Woon; Kim, Yang-Soo; Bak, J.S.; Cho, Myeon-Chul; Kwon, Il-Keun; Andrieu, F.; Beauvisage, J.; Desambrois, Stephane; Fauve, E.

doi:10.5516/net.2008.40.6.467

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“…The last column G/C is the request for the cold helium gas compressor station. carried out successfully from 3 April to 19 July, 2008 [11], [12]. The recorded cryogenic capability during these tests was 9.6 kW so that it satisfied the KSTAR requirement.…”

Section: Hrs and The Cryogenic Requestsmentioning

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Construction and Commissioning of the KSTAR Helium Distribution System

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et al. 2009

IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond.

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The KSTAR components requiring cryogenic helium coolant for superconducting magnet operations are connected to the helium refrigeration system (HRS) through the helium distribution system (HDS), the final helium distribution station. Twenty eight cryogenic valves including 4 quench protecting valves, many sensors such as temperature sensors, pressure transmitters, and flowmeters are mounted on the system. The HDS has to control the 4.5 K supercritical helium (600 g/s) for 30 superconducting coils and their superconducting bus-lines, 55 K helium (270 g/s) pressurized to 18 bars for the thermal shields and the gravity supports, and a maximum 17.5 g/s of liquid helium for 18 current leads, provided from the HRS which has a 4.5 K equivalent cooling power of 9 kW. The helium distribution system consists of a helium distribution box (DB), 5 helium transfer lines, a PLC based helium control system (HCS), etc. The helium control system is connected to the KSTAR supervisory control & interlock system. The detailed status regarding the construction, commissioning during first cool-down, and the instrumentation & control (I&C) system are included in this paper.Index Terms-Helium distribution system (HDS), helium refrigeration system (HRS), KSTAR, superconducting magnet.

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Section: Hrs and The Cryogenic Requestsmentioning

confidence: 99%