Construction and assembly status of new components for the modified RFX machine

Author

Sonato, P. ; Chitarin, G. ; Zaccaria, P. ; Amend, J. ; Baker, W. ; Coughlin, J. ; Bello, S. Dal ; Grando, L. ; Marchiori, Giacomo ; Marcuzzi, D. ; Masiello, A. ; Peruzzo, S. ; Pomaro, N.

Author_Institution

Consorzio RFX, ENEA, Padova, Italy

fYear

2003

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

280

Lastpage

283

Abstract

The modified RFX machine, now under construction, is a new RFP experiment having the possibility of an active control of the radial field at the plasma boundary. The following new components are now under construction or in the assembly phase on site: a thin copper shell, closely fitted to the vacuum vessel, a stainless steel toroidal support structure and 192 saddle coils. The construction phases, the quality control and the acceptance tests for all these new components are described in this paper, together with the assembly status of the modified RFX machine.

Keywords

machine components; plasma boundary layers; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; quality control; reversed field pinch; MHD modes; RFP experiment; assembly phase; assembly status; construction phases; construction status; modified RFX machine; plasma boundary; quality control; radial field; reversed field pinch; saddle coils; stainless steel toroidal support structure; thin copper shell; vacuum vessel; Assembly; Clamps; Coils; Copper; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Plasmas; Shape control; Steel; Toroidal magnetic fields; Vacuum breakdown;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 2003. 20th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7908-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.2003.1426639

Filename

1426639