The IGNITOR Electrical Pulsed Power Supply System

Author

Coletti, A. ; Allegra, G. ; Cadore ; Candela, G. ; Coletti, R. ; Consani, T. ; Cuccharo, A. ; Costa, P. ; Florio, A. ; Maffia, G. ; Novaro, R. ; Ramogida, G. ; Santinelli, M. ; Sforna, M. ; Starace, F. ; Trevisan, L.

Author_Institution

ENEA, Frascati

fYear

2005

fDate

Sept. 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

To properly regulate currents inside IGNITOR poloidal (PFC) and toroidal (TFC) field coils a system of 15 thyristor AC/DC converter has been designed. The total electrical power drawn by the 400 kV grid has been minimized performing a multi-steps iterative optimization process. In this way the most appropriate current distribution within each PFC has been identified and the coil geometry modified, easing the requirements on the power supplies and on the adopted materials. A specific design has been carried out for each AC/DC converter to minimize the requested reactive power. As a result the total installed power has been reduced from about 3300 MVA down to 2400 MVA

Keywords

AC-DC power convertors; coils; current distribution; iterative methods; pulsed power supplies; reactive power; thyristor convertors; 2400 MVA; 3300 MVA; 400 kV; IGNITOR poloidal field coils; PFC; TFC; coil geometry; current distribution; current regulation; iterative optimization process; pulsed power supply system; reactive power; thyristor AC-DC converter; toroidal field coils; Coils; Conducting materials; DC-DC power converters; Design optimization; Electromagnetic fields; Geometry; Plasma temperature; Pulsed power supplies; Static VAr compensators; Thyristors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering 2005, Twenty-First IEEE/NPS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Knoxville, TN

Print_ISBN

0-4244-0150-X

Electronic_ISBN

0-4244-0150-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.2005.252987

Filename

4019021