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http://dx.doi.org/10.9714/psac.2021.23.4.049

Numerical investigations on the effect of tortuosity on friction factor in superconducting CICC configuration  

Vaghela, Hitensinh (ITER-India, Institute for Plasma Research)
Lakhera, Vikas (Institute of Technology, Nirma University)
Bhatt, Kunal (ITER-India, Institute for Plasma Research)
Sarkar, Biswanath (ITER-India, Institute for Plasma Research)
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Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics / v.23, no.4, 2021 , pp. 49-55 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Cable in Conduit Conductor (CICC) configurations are designed, tested and realized to make high field superconducting (SC) magnets. The evolution of CICC design makes it challenging to forecast thermo-hydraulic behavior. A common objective of thermo-hydraulic studies is to obtain the most reliable predictive correlation for friction factor in CICC geometries and to reduce the dependency on the experiment. So far, only the void fraction and Reynolds number have been considered in the predictive correlations in an explicit way. In the present paper, the CICC twisting pattern dependency, called tortuosity (τ), on the pressure drop prediction, has been assessed through a numerical simulation approach. The CICC twisting pattern with 6+1 petals (solid conductor in the present study) with different twisting pitches is mimicked in the numerical simulation for the range 100 ≤ Re ≤10000 and 1 < τ < 1.08 and a correlation for friction factor, f, has been proposed as a function of Re and τ.
Keywords
CICC; tortuosity; pressure drop; numerical simulation;
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