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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2007.16.2.153

Assembly and Test of the In-cryostat Helium Line for KSTAR  

Bang, E.N. (National Fusion Research Center)
Park, H.T. (National Fusion Research Center)
Lee, Y.J. (National Fusion Research Center)
Park, Y.M. (National Fusion Research Center)
Choi, C.H. (National Fusion Research Center)
Bak, J.S. (National Fusion Research Center)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.16, no.2, 2007 , pp. 153-159 More about this Journal
Abstract
In-cryostat helium lines are under installation to transfer a cryogenic helium into cold components in KSTAR device. In KSTAR, three kinds of helium should be supplied into the cold components, which are supercritical helium Into superconduction(SC) magnet system, liquid helium into current lead system, and gas helium into thermal shields. Cryogenic helium lines consist of transfer lines outside the cryostat, in-cryostat helium lines, and electrical breaks. In-cryostat helium lines should be guaranteed of leak tightness for tong time operation at high internal helium pressure of 20 bar. We wrapped the helium line with multi-layer insulator(MLI) to reduce radiation heat and insulated the surface of the high potential part with prepreg tape. The electrical break was fabricated by brazing ceramic tube with stainless steel tube. To ensure the operation reliability at operation temperature, all the electrical break have been examined by the thermal cycle test at liquid nitrogen and by the hydraulic test at 30 bar. And additional surface insulation was prepared with prepreg tape to give structural safety. At present most of the in-cryostat helium lines have been installed and the final inspection test is progressing.
Keywords
In-cryostat helium line; ceramic electrical break; helium leak rate;
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