Publications by Nikolay Bykovskiy

Numerical Analysis of Non-Insulated DEMO TF Coils

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Nikolay Bykovskiy

The design of small solenoids without/with-partial insulation (PI) among turns or layers has been proven to grant higher thermal stability than for standard insulated cases. This technology also implies higher safety standards, by e.g. reducing the coil vo ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2025

DC and quench performance assessment from the EUROfusion HTS Quench Experiment campaign and projection to magnet operation

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Davide Uglietti, Kamil Sedlák, Nikolay Bykovskiy

Seven different high current conductors for fusion applications, made of High Temperature Superconducting stacked tapes, have been successfully tested in the Quench Experiment campaign supported by EUROfusion and carried out in SULTAN. The aim of this exte ...

2025

Conceptual Design of the EDIPO 2 Magnet

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Nikolay Bykovskiy

The SULTAN test facility has been pivotal in qualifying forced-flow conductors in the last three decades. However, the rising demand for conductors for high-field magnets calls for a test facility able to provide a background magnetic field beyond the 11 T ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2025

Validation and Application of Hysteresis Loss Model for HTS Stacks and Conductors for Fusion Applications

Nikolay Bykovskiy

Numerous conductor designs for pulsed magnets based on High Temperature Superconductors (HTS), featuring stacks of tapes are currently being proposed. A major contribution to the AC losses is expected to be given by hysteresis losses. Several numerical mod ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2024

Experimental study of stability, quench propagation and detection methods on 15 kA sub-scale HTS fusion conductors in SULTAN

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Nikolay Bykovskiy, Ortensia Dicuonzo

High-temperature superconductors (HTSs) enable exclusive operating conditions for fusion magnets, boosting their performance up to 20 T generated magnetic fields in the temperature range from 4 K to 20 K. One of the main technological issues of HTS conduct ...

2023

Co-Wound Superconducting Wire for Quench Detection in Fusion Magnets

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Davide Uglietti, Kamil Sedlák, Nikolay Bykovskiy

High temperature superconducting (HTS) materials are widely utilized in various design proposals for fusion magnets, resulting in enhanced performance of the machines compared to the past. However, a reliable quench detection in HTS conductors remains an o ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Thermal-hydraulic analysis of alternative cable-in-conduit conductors for the European DEMO hybrid central solenoid

Kamil Sedlák, Nikolay Bykovskiy, Roberto Guarino

A hybrid design of the Central Solenoid is under study within the conceptual design phase of the European DEMO fusion reactor. It is based on HTS conductors in the innermost high-field layers, and Nb3Sn and NbTi conductors for field values below 15 T. Sinc ...

2022

Diffusion-Bonding Between Strands and Modeling of Splices of Nb3Sn Rutherford Cables

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Nikolay Bykovskiy

Particle accelerators foresee the use of Nb3Sn in the next generation of dipole magnets. A common design strategy is to grade the coil, i.e., to optimize the quantity of superconductor in the turns with respect to the magnetic field intensity. As a consequ ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Superconductors for fusion: a roadmap

Rainer Wesche, Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Nikolay Bykovskiy

With the first tokamak designed for full nuclear operation now well into final assembly (ITER), and a major new research tokamak starting commissioning (JT60SA), nuclear fusion is becoming a mainstream potential energy source for the future. A critical par ...

2021

HTS high current cable for fusion application

Nikolay Bykovskiy

State-of-the-art magnets of fusion devices, which are based on low temperature superconductors (LTS), have almost reached their technological limits in terms of generated magnetic fields. Further progress can be made using novel high temperature supercondu ...

EPFL2017