Progress in Superconductivity
- Volume 8 Issue 2
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- Pages.193-201
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- 2007
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- 1229-4764(pISSN)
Study of Energy Margin and Operating Current Margin of KSTAR Cable-In-Conduit Conductor
KSTAR 초전도 자석의 운전 안정성에 대한 연구
Abstract
Since the margins for the minimum quench energy and for the operating current in the superconducting magnet determine the operating regime of the magnet, a thermal stability analysis for the KSTAR superconducting magnet system is performed using 1-D Gandalf code. The result shows that the minimum quench energy is about 500 mJ/cc and the operating current margin is about 70 %. These values are larger than those of the KSTAR design criteria and the KSTAR superconducting magnet system can be operated stably under various experimental environments.