Cable-in-conduit conductors: lessons from the recent past for future developments with low and high temperature superconductors

L Muzzi, G De Marzi, A Di Zenobio… - Superconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We review progress in the design of high field superconducting cable-in-conduit conductors
(CICCs) for fusion applications, with special attention to the results of recent key …

Effect of transverse compressive monotonic and cyclic loading on the performance of superconducting CORC® cables and wires

DC Van Der Laan, DM McRae… - … Science and Technology, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconducting CORC® cables and wires have become practical conductors for use in
high-field magnets for fusion machines and particle accelerators by demonstrating their …

Results of the TF conductor performance qualification samples for the ITER project

M Breschi, A Devred, M Casali… - Superconductor …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The performance of the toroidal field (TF) magnet conductors for the ITER machine are
qualified by a short full-size sample (4 m) current sharing temperature (T cs) test in the …

The n2EDM experiment at the Paul Scherrer institute

C Abel, NJ Ayres, G Ban, G Bison… - EPJ Web of …, 2019 - epj-conferences.org
We present the new spectrometer for the neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM) search at
the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), called n2EDM. The setup is at room temperature in vacuum …

Review of experimental results and models for AC losses in the ITER PF and CS conductors

A Torre, P Bauer, JL Duchateau… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During the years of ITER conductors qualification and production, samples from all domestic
agencies were tested. Some of these tests were focused on characterizing the AC losses …

Finite element modelling of cable-in-conduit conductors

H Bajas, D Durville, A Devred - Superconductor Science and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) cable-in-conduit
conductors (CICCs) are subjected to high thermal and electromagnetic cyclic loadings …

Internal Tin Conductors Engineered for Fusion and Particle Accelerator Applications

JA Parrell, Y Zhang, MB Field… - IEEE Transactions …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The critical current density (J c) of Nb 3 Sn strand has been significantly improved over the
last several years. For most magnet applications, high J c internal tin has displaced bronze …

Results of a new generation of ITER TF conductor samples in SULTAN

P Bruzzone, B Stepanov, R Wesche… - IEEE transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new generation of ITER TF conductor samples has been assembled and tested in
SULTAN in 2007 following a common procedure agreed among the ITER parties. The test …

Optimization of ITER Nb3Sn CICCs for coupling loss, transverse electromagnetic load and axial thermal contraction

A Nijhuis, EPA Van Lanen… - … Science and Technology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The ITER cable-in-conduit conductors (CICCs) are built up from sub-cable bundles, wound
in different stages, which are twisted to counter coupling loss caused by time-changing …

Methods, accuracy and reliability of ITER conductor tests in SULTAN

P Bruzzone, B Stepanov, R Wesche… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the last decade, a large number of high current, force flow superconductors have been
tested as short length samples in the SULTAN facility. The object of the test ranged over …