The development and testing of a 66 kA by-pass switch with arc commutation capability for the ITER coil power supply system

Author

Bonicelli, T. ; Hrabal, D. ; Huart, M. ; Neuser, J. ; Sachs, E. ; Bareyt, B.

Author_Institution

JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6-10 Oct 1997

Firstpage

1129

Abstract

Mechanical by-pass switches rated for a continuous current of 60 kA and provided with some arc commutation capability are required in the ITER discharging networks to be connected in parallel to the main vacuum circuit breakers. The development work was carried out on a suitable industrial switch and was aimed at increasing substantially its voltage rating and at improving its speed of operation. A fully rated commutating unit was built and subjected to an extensive test program aimed at its full characterisation

Keywords

commutation; fusion reactor design; power supplies to apparatus; superconducting coils; vacuum circuit breakers; 60 kA; 66 kA; ITER coil power supply system; ITER discharging networks; arc commutation capability; bypass switch; fusion reactors; operation speed; vacuum circuit breakers; voltage rating; Circuit breakers; Circuit testing; Contacts; Power supplies; Resistors; Steady-state; Superconducting coils; Switches; Switching circuits; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4226-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1997.687823

Filename

687823