TPX superconducting tokamak magnet system 1995 design and status overview

Author

Deis, G. ; Bulmer, R. ; Carpenter, R. ; Cassidy, E. ; Chaplin, M. ; Felker, B. ; Hibbs, S. ; Jackson, M. ; Korbel, G. ; Lang, D. ; Martovetsky, N. ; Parker, J. ; Pedrotti, L. ; Shen, S. ; Southwick, E. ; Wendland, C. ; Zbasnik, J. ; Hale, R. ; Jeong, S. ;

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Sep-5 Oct 1995

Firstpage

1383

Abstract

The TPX magnet preliminary design effort is summarized. Key results and accomplishments during preliminary design and supporting R&D are discussed, including conductor development, quench detection, TF and PF magnet design, conductor bending and forming, reaction heat treating, helium stubs, and winding pack insulation

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactors; superconducting magnets; TPX superconducting tokamak magnet system; conductor bending; conductor development; conductor forming; helium stubs; magnet design; preliminary design; quench detection; reaction heat treating; winding pack insulation; Conductors; Helium; Insulation; Laboratories; Manufacturing industries; Research and development; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets; Tokamaks; Toroidal magnetic fields;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1995. SOFE '95. Seeking a New Energy Era., 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium

Conference_Location

Champaign, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2969-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1995.534485

Filename

534485