Venecia


General description
Applications and Validation
Example 1: ITER. Toroidal Field Coil
Eхample 2: ITER. Central Solenoid and Poloidal Field Coils
AutoCAD meshing
Structure of the code, modelling strategy, interface
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
Summary
MATHEMATICAL MODELS:
Helium flow modelling
Conductor modelling
Collector modelling
Valve modelling
Modelling of solids
Pump modelling
Coolant properties



Application

The code is applicable for thermohydraulic studies for a wide range of devices including
  • thermonuclear facilities,
  • accelerators and transport systems,
  • MRI-magnets,
  • superconducting motors, generators and storage rings,
  • experimental and diagnostic devices for scientific research,
  • generators,
  • superconducting cables and joints.

Validation

The code has been validated using the complex thermohydraulic model of the ITER Central Solenoid Model Coil (CSMC) coupled with external cryogenic circuit [4]. VENECIA results have been compared with existing VINCENTA simulations and huge experimental database collected during CSMC tests under pulsed high power heat loads

Excellent match between numerical and physical results in terms of temperature-pressure-flow at more than 50 principal points of the CSMC cooling circuit has proved that VENECIA is suitable for thermohydraulic analysis of complex magnet systems.

Several global VENECIA models were developed for the ITER studies on transient thermohydraulic behaviour of the Toroidal Filed (TF) magnet system, Poloidal Field (PF) magnet system, Central Solenoid (CS) magnet system and Correction Coils magnet system with interface elements of their cryogenic system. The models were thoroughly treated for different plasma scenarios and operational modes.





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