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 …

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 …

Design of a Cable-in-Conduit Conductor to Withstand the 60 000 Electromagnetic Cycles of the ITER Central Solenoid

D Bessette - IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of the ITER Nb 3 Sn cable-in-conduit conductor tested in Sultan for the
toroidal field (TF) coils have shown some limited degradation with cycling, which is …

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 …

Thermal, hydraulic, and electromagnetic modeling of superconducting magnet systems

L Bottura - IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Modeling techniques and tailored computational tools are becoming increasingly relevant to
the design and analysis of large-scale superconducting magnet systems. Efficient and …

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 …

Full-scale calculation of the coupling losses in ITER size cable-in-conduit conductors

EPA Van Lanen, J Van Nugteren… - … science and technology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
With the numerical cable model JackPot it is possible to calculate the interstrand coupling
losses, generated by a time-changing background and self-field, between all strands in a …

Analysis of ITER NbTi and Nb3Sn CICCs experimental minimum quench energy with JackPot, MCM and THEA models

T Bagni, JL Duchateau, M Breschi… - Superconductor …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Cable-in-conduit conductors (CICCs) for ITER magnets are subjected to fast changing
magnetic fields during the plasma-operating scenario. In order to anticipate the limitations of …

Modeling of the electro-mechanical behavior of ITER Nb3Sn cable in conduit conductors

M Breschi, PL Ribani, H Bajas… - … Science and Technology, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The coupling of electrical and mechanical modeling of superconducting cable in conduit
conductors (CICCs) can be useful for the understanding of the complex phenomena …

Pulsed field stability and AC loss of ITER PF joints by detailed quantitative modelling

J Huang, T Bagni, Y Ilyin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For fusion tokamaks, such as International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the
magnet systems are based on superconducting cable-in-conduit conductors (CICCs). Due to …