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 …

Review of the results of the ITER toroidal field conductor R&D and qualification

D Bessette, N Mitchell - IEEE transactions on applied …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An R&D program is being carried out in view of the qualification of the Toroidal Field (TF)
coil conductor. It consists of an extensive characterization of several Nb 3 Sn strand …

Technology development and mass production of Nb3Sn conductors for ITER toroidal field coils in Japan

Y Takahashi, T Isono, K Hamada, Y Nunoya… - Nuclear …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The design and manufacture of Nb 3 Sn conductors for ITER toroidal field (TF) coils have
many technical challenges. Although it was demonstrated in the ITER model coil project that …

Test Result of a Full-Size Conductor Developed for the ITER TF Coils

Y Nunoya, Y Nabara, M Yoshikawa… - IEEE transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) developed ITER TF Nb 3 Sn conductors that fulfill
ITER requirements and has commenced fabricating the conductors to be used in the ITER …

Qualification tests for ITER TF conductors in SULTAN

P Bruzzone, B Stepanov, R Wesche - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2009 - Elsevier
From February 2007 to May 2008, 18 short length conductor sections have been tested in
SULTAN for design verification and manufacturer qualification of the ITER Toroidal Field …

Test results of the third Japanese SULTAN sample

K Matsui, T Isono, Y Nunoya, T Hemmi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many full size conductors for the ITER TF coils have been tested at the SULTAN test facility
in Switzerland for conductor qualification. JAEA tested two samples and two kinds of Nb 3 …

Influence of Thermal Cycles on Current Sharing Temperature in ITER Toroidal Field Insert Coil Tests

S Tomone, I Takaaki, T Keiya… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ITER toroidal field (TF) conductors are cable-in-conduit conductors having Nb 3 Sn
strands. A TF insert coil (TFI) was fabricated, and its current sharing temperature (T cs) was …

Analysis of current and voltage distribution in the first Japanese qualification sample of an ITER TF conductor

N Koizumi, K Matsui, K Okuno - Cryogenics, 2010 - Elsevier
The critical currents of the Japanese ITER TF conductors made through an internal-tin and
bronze process were preliminarily estimated to be about 5.7 K, which approximates the …

Calorimetric method for current sharing temperature measurements in ITER conductor samples in SULTAN

M Bagnasco - Fusion engineering and design, 2009 - Elsevier
Several Toroidal Field Conductor short samples with slight layout variations have been
assembled and tested in the SULTAN facility at CRPP. The measurement campaigns started …

Analytical study of degradation of CIC conductor performance due to strand bending and buckling

H Kajitani, T Hemmi, H Murakami… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Critical current of cable-in-conduit conductors for ITER TF coils was measured using a pair
of short cable-in-conduit conductors, which are electrically connected from each other at the …