• DocumentCode
    1540381
  • Title

    Stability analysis of the ITER TF and CS conductors using the code Gandalf

  • Author

    Marinucci, C. ; Savoldi, L. ; Zannino, R.

  • Author_Institution
    EPFL, Switzerland
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    6/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    612
  • Lastpage
    615
  • Abstract
    The stability of the toroidal field and central coil cable-in-conduit conductors for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) has been analyzed with the code Gandalf. The energy margins, computed for a number of disturbance scenarios, are in the order of some 100 mJ/ccst, well above the expected disturbances. A detailed convergence study is shown to be essential not only in principle but also in practice, e.g. dual stability was found in some cases, but disappeared when the integration time step was refined.
  • Keywords
    fusion reactor design; physics computing; stability; superconducting cables; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; Gandalf; ITER; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; central coil cable-in-conduit conductors; convergence study; disturbance scenarios; dual stability; energy margins; stability analysis; toroidal field conductors; Coils; Conductors; Cooling; Copper; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic fields; Stability analysis; Superconducting cables; Superconducting magnets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/77.783370
  • Filename
    783370