Title :
Force-free coil principle applied to helical winding
Author :
Miura, Y. ; Sakota, M. ; Shimada, R.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab. for Nucl. Reactors, Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
fDate :
7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The concept of the force-free coil is well known in the field of ultra high field technology. The fact that tokamak plasma, in which large current flows, is capable of maintaining balance in a vacuum by a magnetic field is a logical extension of this concept. In this report, a toroidal field coil and a poloidal field coil are considered more simply as a hybrid coil, and the authors propose a helical torus field coil that can be made capable of greatly reducing the electromagnetic force in the major radius direction by adjusting the winding pitch. A code that optimizes electromagnetic force distribution by disassembling the current density in both directions was developed. The feasibility of this idea was confirmed through experiment
Keywords :
fusion reactor theory and design; superconducting magnet energy storage; SMES; current density disassembly; current flows; electromagnetic force; electromagnetic force distribution; force-free coil principle; helical torus field coil; helical winding; hybrid coil; logical extension; magnetic field; major radius direction; poloidal field coil; tokamak plasma; toroidal field coil; ultra high field technology; vacuum; winding pitch; Coils; Electromagnetic forces; Fusion reactors; Laboratories; Magnetic forces; Magnetic materials; Samarium; Superconducting filaments and wires; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on