ESTIMATION OF COOLING REQUIREMENT OF MAGNETS IN THE MULTI-CUSP PLASMA DEVICE

Nilesh Dama, N. Ramasubramanian

Abstract: The need for energy generation from clean sources like nuclear fusion has given rise to increased research in the Plasma and its characteristic properties. Multi-cusp Plasma Device installed at the IPR is one of the device used to study the plasma characteristics wherein quiescent plasma is generated. An optimized design of water cooling system is necessary to ensure the removal of heat losses and keep the electromagnets of the plasma device under the safe operating conditions of temperature and thermal stresses by passage of flow of water, thereby increasing the life cycle of the device. The project focuses on the fluid flow analysis for the heat transfer of generated heat in the magnet due to the continuous supply of electricity. The aim of this project is to determine the performance and working attributes of the cooling system used. The design and evaluation of the cooling system are executed on the basis of analytical calculations and actual experimentation work on the device.

Keywords: Chiller requirement, cooling requirement, electromagnet cooling, fluid flow analysis, Multi-cusp plasma device, pressure drop, pump requirement, water cooling.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2015.0410047