SIMS-2 facility for ITER model toroidal field coils tests

Author

Bondarchuk, E.N. ; Ivkin, V.G. ; Kalinin, V.V. ; Krasnov, S.V. ; Krivchenkov, Y.M. ; Mozin, I.V. ; Repin, S.S. ; Roshal, A.G. ; Stepanov, B.V. ; Trokhachev, G.V. ; Filatov, O.G. ; Zhelamsky, M.V. ; Yakubovsky, V.G. ; Butkevich, I.K. ; Chernoplekov, N.A. ;

Author_Institution

D.V. Efremov Sci. Res. Inst. of Electrophys. Apparatus, Leningrad, USSR

Volume

28

Issue

1

fYear

1992

fDate

1/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

593

Lastpage

596

Abstract

The existing SIMS facility built in the Kurchatov Institute for testing the Tokamak T-15 toroidal coils is being reconstructed into an upgrading SIMS-2 facility for the ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) model pancakes. This facility makes it possible to investigate critical current, stability, and energy losses in the conductors under conditions close to that of the ITER toroidal field coils. The SIMS-2 consists of a superconducting magnet system SMS-12, a cryostat, a power supply, and data acquisition and cryogenic systems. The SMS-12 includes a background field solenoid producing a 12 T field inside a solenoid bore of 0.59 m ID, two (axial and radial) magnet presses creating transverse compression on the model pancakes, and pulsed coils simulating plasma disruption and poloidal field effects on the conductor

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor theory and design; superconducting magnets; test facilities; 12 T; ITER model; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; SIMS-2 facility; Tokamak T-15 toroidal coils; background field solenoid; critical current; cryostat; data acquisition; energy losses; plasma disruption; poloidal field effects; pulsed coils; stability; superconducting magnet system; toroidal field coils tests; Conductors; Critical current; Inductors; Plasma simulation; Power system modeling; Solenoids; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Testing; Tokamaks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.119946

Filename

119946