Design of a cryogenic test platform for CIC conductors cooled by superfluid helium
Abstract A cryogenic test platform has been designed and conceived for the research on forced cooling in Cable in Conduit Conductors (CICC) by superfluid helium. The main research object of this platform is to obtain the thermal-hydraulic properties of the CICC when it is cooled by superfluid helium forced flow. The superfluid helium flow loop and the superfluid helium acquisition system comprise the entire cryogenic test platform. The driving force of the superfluid helium flow loop comes from a fountain effect pump (FEP). By throttling and decompressing 4.2 K liquid helium, superfluid helium at 1.8 K is obtained. Detailed parameters and mechanical structure designs of the entire platform will be presented in this paper.
Authors
- Pengcheng Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3802-496X)
- Qiyong Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6488-5504)
- Zhifan Liu
- Pu Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-027X)
- Zhizhong Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9571-9311)
- Zhigang Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4101-4903)
Institutions
- University of Science and Technology of China (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering
- Published
- 2025-05-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1327/1/012120
- Primary Topic
- Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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