Electromagnetic analysis of the ITER Toroidal Field Coil Insert properties

Author

Zani, L. ; Egorov, S.

Author_Institution

Assoc. Euratom-CEA, CEA/DSM/DRFC, St. Paul-Lez-Durance, France

Volume

13

Issue

2

fYear

2003

fDate

6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1416

Lastpage

1419

Abstract

In the framework of design and development of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Toroidal Field (TF) Coils, a 45 m conductor winding has been manufactured by the Russian Home Team: the Toroidal Field Coil Insert (TFCI). It was tested in the JAERI facility (Naka, Japan) under various field and temperature conditions. The work presented here concerns the analysis of the electromagnetic behavior of the TFCI using a model developed at CEA. Our work focuses in particular on all observations related to voltage variation with temperature: current sharing temperature (T_CS), n-value, and modeled strand behavior inside conductor.

Keywords

fusion reactor design; plasma toroidal confinement; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; 45 m; CEA model; ITER; Toroidal Field Coil Insert; conductor winding; current sharing temperature; electromagnetic analysis; n-value; strand properties; superconducting cable; superconducting magnet; thermonuclear fusion; Cables; Coils; Conductors; Electromagnetic analysis; Manufacturing; Niobium; Temperature; Testing; Tin; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2003.812684

Filename

1211864