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Completion and Test of the First ITER TF Coil Winding Pack by Europe
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 28:1-5
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018.
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Abstract
- The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) magnetic system includes 18 toroidal field (TF) coils constructed using Nb3Sn cable-in-conduit superconductor. Each TF coil comprises a winding pack (WP) composed of seven double pancake modules stacked together, impregnated and inserted into a stainless steel coil case. Ten TF coils are being produced in Europe, under the responsibility of Fusion for Energy (F4E, the European Domestic Agency), while the remaining nine TF coils are being produced in Japan. F4E has implemented a strategy dividing the procurement into three packages. One is related to the construction of 70 radial plates (RP), another to the fabrication of 10 WP, and a third to the cold test and coil-case insertion of 10 WP. After 7 years of R&D and qualification activities and of industrial production, the first ITER TF coil WP has been completed in Europe. Factory acceptance tests, including leak, dimensional, and electrical tests at room temperature, were completed in May 2017 and the series production of the remaining nine TF WPs in Europe is underway. The first package has been completed and all 70 RP have been delivered. Commissioning of major tooling for the third package is to be performed at the end of 2017. In this paper, we report on the test of the first TF WP and on the status of the remaining production.
- Subjects :
- Materials science
Thermonuclear fusion
Toroidal field
Nuclear engineering
Series production
Condensed Matter Physics
01 natural sciences
010305 fluids & plasmas
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Completion (oil and gas wells)
Cold test
Acceptance testing
Electromagnetic coil
0103 physical sciences
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
010306 general physics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15582515 and 10518223
- Volume :
- 28
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........2266a73ab9161cacfee269ed616b125c