• DocumentCode
    1380137
  • Title

    Construction of Wendelstein 7-X—Engineering a Steady-State Stellarator

  • Author

    Bosch, Hans-Stephan ; Erckmann, V. ; König, Ralf W T ; Schauer, Felix ; Stadler, Reinhold J. ; Werner, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Max-Planck-Inst. fur Plasmaphysik, IPP-Euratom Assoc., Greifswald, Germany
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    3/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    265
  • Lastpage
    273
  • Abstract
    The next step in the Wendelstein stellarator line is the large superconducting device Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X), which is currently under construction in Greifswald. Steady-state operation is an intrinsic feature of stellarators, and one key element of the W7-X mission is to demonstrate steady-state operation at reactor-relevant plasma conditions, as required for an economic fusion reactor. Such steady-state operation requires development of special technologies to be discussed in this paper.
  • Keywords
    stellarators; superconducting devices; Wendelstein 7-X; economic fusion reactor; reactor-relevant plasma conditions; steady-state stellarator; superconducting device Wendelstein 7-X; Construction; Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X); optimized stellarator; steady-state operation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0093-3813
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPS.2009.2036918
  • Filename
    5378516