Test of the EURATOM LCT coil (NbTi conductor) with forced flow He II cooling

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 361-375

  Darweschsad, M ^a   Fink, S ^a   Friesinger, G ^a   Gruenhagen, A ^a   Heller, R ^a   Hofmann, A ^a   Herz, W ^a   Komarek, P ^a   Maurer, W ^a   Noether, G ^a   Rietzschel, K ^a   Schleinkofer, G ^a   Suesser, M ^a   Ulbricht, A ^a   Wuechner, F ^a   Zahn, G ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; COOLING; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC COILS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT EXCHANGERS; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; STAINLESS STEEL; SUPERFLUID HELIUM;

PRESSURIZED FORCED FLOW COOLING;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 0032642563     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-3796(99)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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