[HTML][HTML] Review of commercial nuclear fusion projects

S Meschini, F Laviano, F Ledda, D Pettinari… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Nuclear fusion technologies have re-gained momentum in the last decade thanks to their
disruptive potential in different fields, such as energy production and space propulsion, and …

[HTML][HTML] The DEMO magnet system–Status and future challenges

V Corato, C Vorpahl, K Sedlak, VA Anvar… - Fusion engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
We present the pre-concept design of the European DEMO Magnet System, which has
successfully passed the DEMO plant-level gate review in 2020. The main design input …

Electromechanical degradation of REBCO coated conductor tapes under combined tension and torsion loading

P Gao, J Mao, J Chen, X Wang, Y Zhou - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the electromechanical and critical current degradation behaviors of rare earth–
barium–copper–oxide (REBCO) coated conductors (CCs) under uniaxial tension, torsion …

Impact of hysteresis losses in hybrid (HTS-LTS) coils for fusion applications

A Zappatore, G De Marzi, D Uglietti - Ieee Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Several conductor designs featuring High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) stacked
tapes for fusion coils are being proposed. These conductors are planned to operate in time …

High temperature superconductors for fusion applications and new developments for the HTS CroCo conductor design

MJ Wolf, C Ebner, WH Fietz, R Heller, D Nickel… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Recent improvements in the superconducting performance and technical maturity of high-
temperature-superconductors (HTS) lead to considerations of using HTS in future fusion …

Co-wound superconducting wire for quench detection in fusion magnets

N Bykovskiy, D Uglietti, P Bruzzone… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High temperature superconducting (HTS) materials are widely utilized in various design
proposals for fusion magnets, resulting in enhanced performance of the machines compared …

Critical current and loss character of quasi-isotropic strands with resistance

S Li - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A quasi-isotropic strand has a central rotational symmetry structure which shows good
isotropic performance on magnetization loss when the strand is subjected to an externally …

Modeling quench propagation in the ENEA HTS cable-in-conduit conductor

A Zappatore, A Augieri, R Bonifetto… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The quench protection in high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets is a well-known
issue. Therefore, it is fundamental to have reliable models available for the analysis of the …

[HTML][HTML] Quench experiments on sub-size HTS Cable-In-Conduit Conductors for fusion applications: Data analysis and model validation

A Zappatore, R Bonifetto, P Bruzzone, V Corato… - Cryogenics, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent experimental campaign, carried out in the upgraded SULTAN facility and
supported by EUROfusion, investigated quench propagation in high field, sub-size HTS …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal-hydraulic analysis of superconducting cables for energy applications with a novel open object-oriented software: OPENSC2

L Savoldi, D Placido, S Viarengo - Cryogenics, 2022 - Elsevier
Super-conducting cables are an enabling technology for energy applications such as large
magnetic-confinement nuclear fusion machine, and a promising key player in the power …