Status of the EDIPO Project

Author

Portone, Alfredo ; Baker, William ; Fernandez-Cano, Elena ; Salpietro, Ettore ; Testoni, Pietro ; Vostner, Alexander ; Bruzzone, Pierluigi ; Della Corte, Antonio ; Baldini, Alberto ; Theisen, Eckhard

Author_Institution

Fusion For Energy, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

19

Issue

3

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1552

Lastpage

1556

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present an up to date review of the current status on the superconducting dipole magnet EDIPO, scheduled to be operational at CRPP-PSI (Switzerland) in mid-2010. This saddle-shaped magnet is being built in Europe by a close collaboration among EURATOM, European Associations (CRPP, ENEA) and European Industries (BNG, LUVATA). Detailed analyses (3D electromagnetic, stress-analysis, thermo-hydraulic, etc.) of the coil confirms the soundness of the design chosen for its projected performances (12.5 T in a bore of 100 mm times 150 mm over a length of ~ 1.5 m). The conductors and inter-layer joints have been qualified. The winding line has been set up at BNG and the first dummy double layers are being produced. Impregnation trials and shear tests have been made (and numerically simulated) at room as well as at operating temperature. The installation work at CRPP proceeds with the procurement of the main components (cryostat, transformer, etc.) and the detailed design of the main interface installations (support platform, cryolines etc.).

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor operation; mechanical testing; superconducting cables; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; windings; 3D electromagnetic analyses; BNG; CRPP-PSI; EDIPO project; ENEA; EURATOM; European associations; European industries; ITER; LUVATA; cable-in-conduit conductors; coil; cryostat; dummy double layers; fusion reactors; interface installations; operating temperature; saddle-shaped magnet; shear tests; stress-analysis; superconducting dipole magnet EDIPO; thermo-hydraulic analyses; transformer; winding line; Cable-in-conduit; fusion reactors; superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2009.2018483

Filename

5067077