Conveners
Thu-Af-Orals Session 13: Fusion and High Current Cables
- Vitaly Vysotsky (R)
Dr
Subrata Pradhan
(Institute for Plasma Research)
10/07/2014, 14:00
C-08: Fusion magnets and conductors
Oral presentation (15min)
The Steady State Superconducting Tokamak (SST-1) at Institute for Plasma Research has been commissioned with the successful experimental validations of its magnet systems and cryogenic systems last year. The first plasma in SST-1 has been obtained on June 20, 2012. The cryo-magnetic systems of SST-1 have been operating successfully since then, in several successive plasma campaigns. Unlike...
Davide Uglietti
(EPFL)
10/07/2014, 14:15
C-08: Fusion magnets and conductors
Oral presentation (15min)
The design and construction of a 50 kA HTS cable suitable for future fusion reactors have been carried out. The twisted strands in the cable are composed of a stack of coated conductor tapes (4 mm wide) embedded in a copper profile of 6.3 mm in diameter; such strands are rated for about 3 kA at 4.2 K and 12 T. Tapes and copper profiles are soldered together in order to obtain a mechanically...
Fraser Douglas
(A)
10/07/2014, 14:30
C-08: Fusion magnets and conductors
Oral presentation (15min)
High-temperature superconducting (HTS) Conductor on Round Core (CORC) cables are an enabling technology for the next generation of low-inductance fusion and accelerator magnets that would operate at elevated temperatures or at magnetic fields exceeding 20 T. We have developed a 60 kA-class CORC cable in conduit conductor (CORC-CICC), having a 6-around-1 configuration, for use in fusion...
Anna Kario
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
10/07/2014, 14:45
C-08: Fusion magnets and conductors
Oral presentation (15min)
The high temperature REBCO development is progressing in conductor length, performance and variety of architectures. Such conductors are available commercially and can be used in applications. One of the coated conductor’s applications are superconducting magnets, which require high current carrying capabilities. Those high currents can be accessed by high current cables.
Recently we...
Danko van der Laan
(Advanced Conductor Technologies and University of Colorado)
10/07/2014, 15:00
C-08: Fusion magnets and conductors
Oral presentation (15min)
The next generation of high-field magnets are likely to incorporate high-temperature superconductors that are bundled into high-current cables. Conductor on Round Core (CORC) magnet cables, containing many RE-Ba2Cu3O7-δ coated conductors wound into multiple layers, are a promising candidate that will ensure a low magnet self-inductance, allowing for high current ramp rates during operation,...
Rainer Wesche
(EPFL, CRPP)
10/07/2014, 15:15
C-08: Fusion magnets and conductors
Oral presentation (15min)
The main magnet of the European DIPOle (EDIPO) test facility hosted by CRPP was successfully commissioned in 2013 and is expected to become available to users in 2014 The EDIPO facility allows the test of high current superconductors in a background field of up to 12.5 T and sample currents up to 100 kA supplied by a NbTi transformer. Presently the EDIPO facility is upgraded for the test of...
Dr
Yury ILYIN
(ITER Organization)
10/07/2014, 15:30
C-08: Fusion magnets and conductors
Oral presentation (15min)
A superconducting Poloidal Field (PF) coil winding of the ITER Tokamak consists of stacked double pancakes wound with NbTi cable-in-conduit conducto1rs. One of the critical components of the coil is the electrical joint connecting either two conductor lengths within a double pancake or two double pancakes. All joints utilize the twin-box “shaking hands” concept. In each half joint box a bare...
