Challenges and status of ITER conductor production

A Devred, I Backbier, D Bessette… - Superconductor …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Taking the relay of the large Hadron collider (LHC) at CERN, ITER has become the largest
project in applied superconductivity. In addition to its technical complexity, ITER is also a …

JackPot: a novel model to study the influence of current non-uniformity and cabling patterns in cable-in-conduit conductors

EPA Van Lanen, A Nijhuis - Cryogenics, 2010 - Elsevier
JackPot is a new model that is used to analyse how and to what extend current non-
uniformity among strands in a cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) affects its performance …

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 …

Electromagnetic modeling of the jacket in cable-in-conduit conductors

M Breschi, PL Ribani - IEEE transactions on applied …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most magnets designed for thermonuclear fusion experiments rely on the cable-in-conduit
conductor technology. These cables are made of several hundreds or thousands of …

30 years of conductors for fusion: A summary and perspectives

P Bruzzone - IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Three decades of conductor R&D, prototypes, model coils and actual fusion devices are
reviewed with special attention to the drivers of the design. The conductor options are …

THELMA code electromagnetic model of ITER superconducting cables and application to the ENEA stability experiment

M Ciotti, A Nijhuis, PL Ribani… - Superconductor …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
The new THELMA code, including a thermal-hydraulic (TH) and an electro-magnetic (EM)
model of a cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC), has been developed. The TH model is at this …

Test results from the PF conductor insert coil and implications for the ITER PF system

D Bessette, L Bottura, A Devred… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we report the main test results obtained on the Poloidal Field Conductor Insert
coil (PFI) for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), built jointly by …

Contact resistance, coupling and hysteresis loss measurements of ITER poloidal field joint in parallel applied magnetic field

J Huang, Y Ilyin, WAJ Wessel… - Superconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The inter-strand contact resistance and AC losses were measured on an International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) poloidal field (PF) coil joint in a parallel applied …

Design and optimization of the 12.5 T EFDA dipole magnet

A Portone, E Salpietro, L Bottura, P Bruzzone… - Cryogenics, 2006 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of a recent study carried out—within the
framework of the European Fusion Program—to design a 12.5 T superconducting dipole. By …

Quench propagation in a TF coil of the EU DEMO

L Savoldi, R Bonifetto, A Brighenti… - Fusion Science and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The design of a suitable quench protection system is fundamental for the safe operation of
superconducting magnets and in turn requires the accurate simulation of the quench …