Tokamak poloidal field systems. Progress report, January 1-December 31, 1980

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6489287· OSTI ID:6489287

Rogers, J D ^[1]

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Work is reported on the development of superconducting tokamak poloidal field system (TPFS) program. Progress is discussed on the design of the 20 MJ, 50 kA, 7.5 T superconducting pulsed energy storage coil to be operated in a bipolar mode from +7.5 T to -7.5 T in an energy transfer period of 1.5 to 5 s in 1982 followed by extensive cyclic testing. The facility to conduct the tests uses a traction motor energy transfer system and a nonconducting dewar. Status of the hardware development for the TPFS program is presented. Current interrupter development and testing for protection and energy transfer circuits are also presented. The 400 kJ METS coil test results are given.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6489287
• Report Number(s): LA-8740-PR; TRN: 81-009056
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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