Operating experience of Tore Supra superconducting magnets

Author

Turck, B. ; Torossian, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. de Recherche sur la Fusion Controlee, CEA, Centre d´´Etudes Nucleaires de Cadarache, France

Volume

1

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

393

Abstract

After a description of the peculiar features of the Tore Supra magnet is given, the paper reports about the 4 year operating experience, with particular emphasis on the protection systems, the mechanical behaviour of the coil under repetitive loadings, the operation of the 1.8 K cooling system and the thermal loads. The Tore Supra superconducting magnet has been routinely operated with a current maintained constant on a whole day basis, for a programme of more than 10000 shots. Only one quench has been detected for which the protection system reacted as expected

Keywords

Tokamak devices; cooling; fusion reactor design; fusion reactors; overvoltage protection; protection; refrigeration; superconducting magnets; 1.8 K; 4 y; Tore Supra; cooling system; mechanical behaviour; operating experience; protection systems; quench; superconducting magnets; thermal loads; Conductors; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Helium; Magnetic separation; Plasma properties; Protection; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hyannis, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1412-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1993.518357

Filename

518357