Experimental results of a 70 kA high temperature superconductor current lead demonstrator for the ITER magnet system

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART II, 2005, Pages 1496-1499

  Heller, R ^a   Darweschsad, S M ^a   Dittrich, G ^a   Fietz, W H ^a   Fink, S ^a   Herz, W ^a   Hurd, F ^c   Kienzler, A ^a   Lingor, A ^a   Meyer, I ^a   Nother G ^a   Susser M ^a   Tanna, V L ^a   Vostner, A ^c   Wesche, R ^b   Wuchner F ^a   Zahn, G ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Current leads; Fusion magnets; High temperature superconductor

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT EXCHANGERS; HELIUM; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COIL SYSTEMS; CURRENT LEADS; FUSION MAGNETS; MAGNET DESIGN;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 22044440038     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.849145     Document Type: Conference Paper

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