Commissioning Results of the Warm Compression System for the KSTAR Helium Refrigeration System

KSTAR 헬륨냉동기의 압축시스템 시운전 결과

  • 박동성 (국가핵융합연구소 KSTAR 연구센터) ;
  • 장현식 (국가핵융합연구소 KSTAR 연구센터) ;
  • 주재준 (국가핵융합연구소 KSTAR 연구센터) ;
  • 문경모 (국가핵융합연구소 KSTAR 연구센터) ;
  • 조광운 (국가핵융합연구소 KSTAR 연구센터) ;
  • 김양수 (국가핵융합연구소 KSTAR 연구센터) ;
  • 박주식 (국가핵융합연구소 KSTAR 연구센터) ;
  • 권일근 (삼성물산(주) 건설부문) ;
  • 조면철 (삼성물산(주) 건설부문) ;
  • 양승한 (CEI 저온)
  • Published : 2008.11.21

Abstract

The main components of the KSTAR helium refrigeration system (HRS) can be classified into the warm compression system (WCS) and the cryogenic devices according to the operating temperature levels. The WCS itself consists of the compressor station (C/S) and the oil removal system (ORS). The process helium is compressed from 1 bar to 22 bar maximum in the C/S and downstream, the ORS removes the oil mixed in the helium to less than 10 ppbw as per the operation criteria of the cryogenic devices of the KSTAR HRS. After the installation, the pre-commissioning and commissioning activities were started on July, 2007. Before the start-up of the C/S, vibration measurement and the skid reinforcement jobs were performed for stable operation of the C/S. The results of the WCS performance tests met the requirements of the KSTAR HRS but satisfied the vibration level criteria only at the compressors' full load condition.

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