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    Feasibility Study of Cooling System of New Superconducting Large Helical Fusion Reactor

    The Ministry of Education has started a project of constructing a new superconducting fusion reactor as the main experimental apparatus of an Inter-university National Institute for Fusion Science which is est...

    J. Yamamoto, T. Mito, O. Motojima, T. Asami, H. Ebisu in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1990)

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    Analysis of Anomalous Resistivity in an Aluminium Stabilized Superconductor for the Large Helical Device

    The helical coils of the Large Helical Device are pool-cooled superconducting coils. The conductor consists of Nb-Ti/Cu monoliths, pure aluminium stabilizer and a copper sheath. The copper sheath is necessary ...

    S. Imagawa, N. Yanagi, T. Mito, T. Satow in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Material (1994)

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    Structural Analysis of the Large Helical Device

    Structural analysis by finite element method has been carried out for the supporting structures of the Large Helical Device (LHD). The LHD has one pair of helical coils and three pairs of poloidal coils, all o...

    S. Imagawa, H. Hayashi, H. Tamura, A. Nishimura in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1994)

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    Experimental Observation of Anomalous Magneto-Resistivity in 10–20 kA Class Aluminum-Stabilized Superconductors for the Large Helical Device

    Degradation of recovery current due to the unexpected enhancement of resistivity of aluminum stabilizers has been observed in pool-boiling-type superconductors that have been developed for the helical coils of...

    N. Yanagi, T. Mito, K. Takahata, M. Sakamoto in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Material (1994)

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    Construction and Commissioning Tests of a 10 kW Class Helium Refrigerator for the Large Helical Device

    The Large Helical Device is a heliotron fusion experimental device in which magnetic fields are controlled exclusively by superconducting coils: a pair of helical coils and three pairs of poloidal coils1. The hel...

    S. Satoh, T. Mito, S. Yamada, J. Yamamoto, O. Motojima in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1996)

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    Fracture Toughness of Partially Welded Joints of SUS316 in High Magnetic Field at 4K

    Two kinds of partially welded austenitic stainless steel joints were prepared using SUS 316, 75 mm thick. One joint was fabricated using tungsten inert gas welding and metal arc gas welding, and the other was ...

    A. Nishimura, J. Yamamoto, O. Motojima in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Material (1997)

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    Design and Construction of Coil Supporting Structure and Cryostat Vessel for LHD

    The Large Helical Device is a fusion experimental machine with all superconducting coils. Electromagnetic force generated by the coils is supported by the torus shaped “supporting structure” of 100 mm thick 31...

    H. Tamura, A. Nishimura, S. Imagawa, T. Satow in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1998)

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    Completion of Helical Coils for LHD

    Helical coils of LHD are large scale pool-cooled superconducting coils. In order to produce a fine magnetic surface, the accuracy of the coil position is very important. The required tolerance for manufacturin...

    S. Imagawa, H. Tamura, A. Nishimura, T. Satow in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1998)

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    Development of a Cryogenic System for the Large Helical Device

    The construction and the cooling schemes of the cryogenic system for the Large Helical Device (LHD) are reported. The LHD is the first fully superconducting heliotron type experimental fusion device, which is ...

    T. Mito, S. Satoh, R. Maekawa, S. Yamada, K. Takahata in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1998)

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    Operation Characteristics of the Helium Refrigerator for the Large Helical Device with a Dummy Load Apparatus

    The helium refrigerator/liquefier operation for the Large Helical Device (LHD) with a dummy load apparatus (DLA) has been conducted under four different refrigeration conditions: no heat load mode; precooling ...

    R. Maekawa, T. Mito, S. Satoh, S. Yamada, A. Iwamoto in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (1998)

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    Performances of the Superconducting Coils for the Large Helical Device

    The Large Helical Device (LHD) is a plasma physics experimental device with two superconducting helical coils and three pairs of poloidal coils. All assembly and attachment works of LHD were completed, and the...

    T. Satow, S. Imagawa, K. Takahata, N. Yanagi in Advances in Superconductivity XI (1999)

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    LHD Cryogenic-Control System Performance Under Various Operating Conditions

    The Large Helical Device (LHD), an experimental fusion apparatus, has conducted a second experiment cycle. The infrastructure of the LHD cryogenic control system (TESS) is a combination of a distributed contro...

    R. Maekawa, T. Mito, K. Takahata, S. Yamada in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (2000)

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    Hydraulic Characteristics of Cable-in-Conduit Conductors for Large Helical Device

    Poloidal field coils for the Large Helical Device (LHD) consist of Nb-Ti cable-in-conduit conductors. The first cool-down of LHD started in February of 1998, and the LHD experienced the cool-down three times u...

    K. Takahata, A. Iwamoto, R. Maekawa, T. Mito, T. Satow in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (2000)

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    Overall Operating Characteristics of Superconducting Current-Feeder System for the LHD

    A superconducting (SC) current-feeder system is used as the cuirait transmission lines fon the LHD. It consists of nine SC bus lines with total length of 497 m and nine pairs of gas-cooled current leads. The c...

    S. Yamada, T. Mito, R. Maekawa, H. Chikaraishi in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (2000)

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    Reliable Long-Term Operation of the Cryogenic System for the Large Helical Device

    Reliability is discussed during long-term operations of the cryogenic system for the Large Helical Device (LHD). The cooled objects of LHD are the helical coils, the poloidal coils, the supporting structure an...

    T. Mito, R. Maekawa, T. Baba, S. Moriuchi, A. Iwamoto in Advances in Cryogenic Engineering (2000)

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    Spatial Distribution Measurement of High Energy Particle using Time-Of-Flight Neutral Particle Energy Analyzer in Large Helical Device

    The time-of-flight neutral particle measurement system1 has been installed on the 10-O port at the 2nd campaign. It has the capability of two-dimensional measurement with a larger viewing angle by using the pivot...

    T. Ozaki, P. Goncharov, S. Murakami, S. Sudo in Advanced Diagnostics for Magnetic and Iner… (2002)