Towards a maintainable and high efficiency neutral beam system for future fusion reactors

A Simonin, C Blondel, W Chaibi, C Dechelle… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Achievement of an economic fusion reactor imposes a high level of unprecedented
requirements for neutral beam systems; the first one is the nuclear safety constraints which …

Model improvement and analysis of NBI power supply under breakdown condition

H Zhang, Z Li, S Ma, J Guo, M Zhang, Y Pan - Fusion Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Breakdown commonly occurs in the acceleration grids of the NBI system. It will cause
destructive effects on the accelerating grids, and the generated transient overvoltage and …

Improvement of core snubber model based on modified saturation-wave theory

H Zhang, Z Li, S Ma, J Guo, M Zhang, Y Pan - Fusion Engineering and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Core snubber is a common device used for breakdown protection in auxiliary heating
systems. It absorbs energy from the high-voltage power supply to protect the load. The …

Test of a 400-kV Compact Bushing

HPL De Esch, C Grand, A Simonin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A two-stage compact bushing has been developed by CEA-Cadarache and installed on its 1-
MV testbed. This bushing acts as high-voltage feedthrough between a transmission line …