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RESULTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LARGE COIL TASK: A MILESTONE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS IN FUSION POWER.

Author(s) : DRESNER L.

Type of article: Article

Summary

THE AIM OF THE LARGE COIL TASK WAS TO DEMONSTRATE THE RELIABLE OPERATION OF LARGE SUPERCONDUCTING TOROIDAL FIELD COILS AND TO PROVE THE DESIGN PRINCIPLES AND FABRICATION TECHNIQUES TO BE APPLIED FOR THE MAGNETS IN A TOKAMAK EXPERIMENTAL POWER REACTOR. SIX DIFFERENT D-SHAPED TEST COILS WERE SEPARATELY DESIGNED, DEVELOPED AND CONSTRUCTED, THEN EXTENSIVELY TESTED TOGETHER IN A COMPACT TOROIDAL ARRAY. AFTER FACILITY SHAKEDOWN OPERATIONS AND PRELIMINARY COIL TESTS, THE FULL SIX-COIL ARRAY TESTS WERE CARRIED OUT FROM THE BEGINNING OF 1986 UNTIL SEPTEMBER 1987. BESIDE THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED TESTS TO REACH AN 8 T DESIGN POINT PERFORMANCE, THE TESTS REACHED 9 T PEAK FIELD IN EACH COIL.

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  • Original title: RESULTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL LARGE COIL TASK: A MILESTONE FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS IN FUSION POWER.
  • Record ID : 1990-0967
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryogenics - vol. 29 - n. 9
  • Publication date: 1989/09

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