简介:TheHTScurrentleadsofsuperconductingmagnetsforlargescalefusiondevicesandhighenergyparticlecolliderscanreducethepowerconsumptionforcoolingby2/3comparedwithconventionalleads.Theresistivesectionsofhigh-ratedcurrentleadsareusuallymadeofaheatexchangercooledbygasflow.Thesupplyofthecoolingmassflowincursmorethan90%ofthecoolingcostfortheHTSleads.Themassflowraterequirementdependsnotonlyonthelengthandmaterialoftheresistiveheatexchanger,butalsoontheheattransfercoefficientandHEXsurface,thejointresistanceatthecoldendanditscoolingapproach.Thedesignandoperationofasheet-stackHEXwithalargerspecificsurfaceandamuchsmallerhydraulicdiameterarepresentedinthepaper.ThetestresultsofanHTSleadoptimizedfor8kAshowthata98.4%efficiencycanbeachieved.
简介:ThemagneticfusionreactorusingtheadvancedD-3Hefuelshastheadvantageofmuchless-neutronproductionssothattheconsequentdamagestothefirstwallarelessserious.Iftheestablishmentofthiskindofreactorbecomesrealistic,theexplorationof3Heonthemoonwillbelargelymotivated.Basedonrecentprogressesinthesphericaltorus(ST)research,wehavephysicallydesignedaD-3HefusionreactorusingtheextrapolatedresultsfromtheSTexperimentsandalsothepresent-daytokamakscaling.Itisfoundthatthereactorsizesignificantlydependsonthewallreflectioncoefficientofthesynchrotronradiationandoftheimpuritycontaminations.ThesecondaryreactionbetweenD-DthatpromptlyleadstotheD-Treactionproducing14MeVneutronsisalsoestimated.ComparisonofthisD-3HeSTreactorwiththeD-Treactorismade.
简介:Theq-profilecontrolproblemintheramp-upphaseofplasmadischargesisconsid-eredinthiswork.Themagneticdiffusionpartialdifferentialequation(PDE)modelsthedynamicsofthepoloidalmagneticfluxprofile,whichisusedinthisworktoformulateaPDE-constrainedop-timizationproblemunderaquasi-staticassumption.Theminimumsurfacetheoryandconstrainednumericoptimizationarethenappliedtoachievesuboptimalsolutions.Sincethetransientdy-namicsispre-givenbytheminimumsurfacetheory,thenthismethodcandramaticallyacceleratethesolutionprocess.Inordertoberobustunderexternaluncertaintiesinrealimplementations,PID(proportional-integral-derivative)controllersareusedtoforcetheactuatorstofollowthecomputationalinputtrajectories.Ithasthepotentialtoimplementinreal-timeforlongtimedischargesbycombiningthismethodwiththemagneticequilibriumupdate.
简介:Athreedimensionalsteady-statemagnetohydrodynamicmodelisdevelopedforthearcplasmainaDCsubmergedelectricarcfurnacefortheproductionoffusedMgO.Thearcisgeneratedinasmallsemi-enclosedspaceformedbythegraphiteelectrode,themoltenbathandunmeltedrawmaterials.Themodelisfirstusedtosolveasimilarprobleminasteelmakingfurnace,andthecalculatedresultsarefoundtobeingoodagreementwiththepublishedmeasurements.ThebehaviorofarcswithdifferentarclengthsisalsostudiedinthefurnaceforMgOproduction.Fromthedistributionofthearcpressureonthebathsurfaceitisshownthatthearcplasmaimpingementislargeenoughtocauseacrater-likedepressiononthesurfaceoftheMgObath.Thecirculationofthehightemperatureairundertheelectrodemayenhancethearcefficiency,especiallyforashorterarc.