Title :
Design, construction and operation of the 66 kA life test facility for the ITER magnet protection vacuum circuit breakers
Author :
Bellina, F. ; Bettini, P. ; Campostrini, P. ; De Lorenzi, A. ; Gaio, E. ; Hraba, D. ; Luchetta, A. ; Maschio, A. ; Piovan, R. ; Sachs, E. ; Toigo, V. ; Zaccaria, P.
Author_Institution :
Consorzio RFX, Padova, Italy
Abstract :
The characteristics of the 66 kA test facility built up at the Consorzio RFX are presented and discussed together with the results of interruption and life tests performed on a new vacuum circuit breaker intended to fulfil possible ITER requirements for the Fast Discharge Units
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor safety; test facilities; vacuum circuit breakers; 66 kA; Fast Discharge Units; ITER; interruption tests; life tests; magnet protection vacuum circuit breakers; test facility; Circuit breakers; Circuit testing; Life testing; Performance evaluation; Protection; Research and development; Superconducting magnets; Switches; Test facilities; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4226-7
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1997.687825
