The restoration of the RFX power supply

Author

Piovan, R. ; De Lorenzi, A. ; Gaio, E. ; Milani, F. ; Toigo, V. ; Zanotto, L.

Author_Institution

Consorzio RFX, ENEA, Padova, Italy

fYear

2003

fDate

14-17 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

375

Lastpage

378

Abstract

The paper deals with the restoration of the power supply system of RFX machine after the fire occurred at the end of 1999. Significant modifications have been introduced, taking advantage from the recent technologies, in order to increase the plant safety and to extend the previous RFP researches in MHD mode control and enhanced confinement regimes. Replacement of ignitrons with power thyristors, new scheme for the toroidal field power supply, digital solutions for converter control and signal transmission, large number of power dc/dc converters with fast response and high accuracy are examples of the improvements that will be available for the RFX next experimental phase, which will start in 2004.

Keywords

DC-DC power convertors; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; power supplies to apparatus; reversed field pinch; thyristors; MHD mode control; RFP researches; RFX machine; RFX power supply system restoration; converter control; digital solutions; enhanced confinement regimes; ignitrons; plant safety; power dc/dc converters; power thyristors; signal transmission; toroidal field power supply; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic cores; Magnetohydrodynamics; Plasma confinement; Plasma devices; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Power supplies; Power system restoration; Toroidal magnetic fields;

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.2003.1426662

Filename

1426662