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Parametric Studies of the EU DEMO Central Solenoid

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák

The Central Solenoid (CS) is at the core of the EU DEMO tokamak, and has a strong impact on the tokamak design and the overall machine size. By ramping its current, the CS generates a change of magnetic flux, which initiates the plasma, and induces and con ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2023

Performance review of the joints for the ITER poloidal field coils

Kamil Sedlák

For large scale magnets wound with cable-in-conduit conductors, the safe operation of the joints is of paramount importance to guarantee adequate reliability and stability margin of the whole magnet. For this reason, during the R & D activities undertaken ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2023

Performance of the Cable-in-Conduit Conductors for Super-X Test Facility

Kamil Sedlák

Following the conceptual design, the engineering design of the dc magnet and cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) for the Super-X test facility has been done in 2021. Totally three types of conductors with different structures were designed for the three pair ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2023

The DEMO magnet system - Status and future challenges

Rainer Wesche, Pierluigi Bruzzone, Davide Uglietti, Kamil Sedlák, Roberto Guarino, Mithlesh Kumar, Vincenzo D'Auria, Ortensia Dicuonzo, Chiara Frittitta, Federica Demattè

We present the pre-concept design of the European DEMO Magnet System, which has successfully passed the DEMO plant-level gate review in 2020. The main design input parameters originate from the so-called DEMO 2018 baseline, which was produced using the PRO ...

2022

Preliminary Design of a High Current R&W TF Coil Conductor for the EU DEMO

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Federica Demattè

Paschen failures in ITER, W7-X and JT60 superconducting coils at the acceptance tests have shown that it is highly desirable to lower the coil discharge voltage (U-d) of the DEMO Toroidal Field (TF) coils. Another benefit of lowering the U-d might be the r ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Assessment of the Thermal-Hydraulic Performance of the European DEMO NbTi Bus Bars

Rainer Wesche, Kamil Sedlák, Roberto Guarino

We present a numerical assessment of the thermal-hydraulic performance of the NbTi bus bars designed for the European DEMO. We consider the CS, TF and PF bus bars, as well as two alternative TF options for high-current operations. The main sources of stati ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

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

Technical and economic feasibility study of high-current HTS bus bars for fusion reactors

Rainer Wesche, Kamil Sedlák, Roberto Guarino

In this study, we present a technical and economic assessment of high-current HTS bus bars for primary use in fusion reactors. Our objective is to verify the technical feasibility of such conductors and, for this purpose, we carry out a conceptual design o ...

Elsevier2022

Parametric study and optimization of the cryo-magnetic system for EU DEMO at the pre-conceptual design phase

Kamil Sedlák

The pre-conceptual design phase of the EU DEMO magnet system relies on mechanical, electromagnetic and thermal-hydraulic analyses of different conductor designs for the Toroidal Field (TF) coils, the Poloidal Field (PF) coils and the Central Solenoid (CS) ...

2022

Measurements of AC Loss Evolution in ITER TF Conductors

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák

AC loss in the Nb3Sn cable-in-conduit conductors (CICC) usually decreases after the conductor undergoes electromagnetic cycling. This can be attributed to the increase of inter-strand resistance due to the detachment of the strand-bonding during cyclic loa ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Experimental Assessment of the Thermal Strain Distribution in Nb3Sn React & Wind Conductor Prototype for European DEMO

Kamil Sedlák, Chiara Frittitta

In a typical Nb3Sn cable for fusion applications, the knowledge of the strain state of Nb3Sn filaments is important to predict and interpret the conductor performance in operation. Amongst the relevant strain sources, the predominant is the thermal strain ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

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

Preliminary design of the pressure relief system of the EDIPO 2 helium vessel

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Roberto Guarino, Evgeny Solodko

The European Dipole (EDIPO) test facility is undergoing a major upgrade of its magnet assembly, which will provide ground for testing both fusion and high-energy physics superconducting samples at variable temperature and with a background field of 15 T. I ...

2022

Impact of mechanical and thermal cycles at different operating conditions on the ITER toroidal field coil conductor performance

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák

The impact of electromagnetic (EM) and thermal cyclic loading (referred as warm-up-cool-down-WUCD) on the Nb3Sn cable in conduit conductors for the toroidal field magnets of the ITER tokamak should be carefully assessed for the proper operation of the mach ...

2021

Parametric study of the TF coil design for the European DEMO

Rainer Wesche, Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Roberto Guarino

In addition to a reduced number of feeders, which would simplify their integration in the cryostat of the tokamak, the present study considers the possibility to reduce the voltage during safety discharge of the toroidal field (TF) coils. A lowered dischar ...

2021

A design proposal for the European DEMO superconducting bus bars and current leads

Rainer Wesche, Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Roberto Guarino

The integration of the feeder system in a tokamak involves complex engineering, manufacturing and logistics issues. Therefore, within the pre-conceptual design activities of the European DEMO fusion reactor, it is important to provide a preliminary sizing ...

2021

Progress on the Upgrade of EDIPO, a 15 T Large Aperture Dipole

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Evgeny Solodko

The upgraded magnet assembly of the EDIPO test facility aims at generating 15 T at 4.2 K and 85% of short sample limit in a large rectangular aperture and over a uniform field length of 1000 mm. During 2020 the design studies have concentrated on two flare ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2021

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

T-cs degradation of ITER TF samples due to fast current discharges

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov, Kamil Sedlák

Direct current tests performed in the past on the conductor samples of the toroidal field (TF) ITER coils revealed degradation of current sharing temperature, T-cs. The degradation progresses with repetitive electromagnetic loading, and also with thermal c ...

2021

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