Performance review of the joints for the ITER poloidal field coils

M Breschi, L Cavallucci, H Adeagbo… - Superconductor …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

THELMA code electromagnetic model of ITER superconducting cables and application to the ENEA stability experiment

M Ciotti, A Nijhuis, PL Ribani… - Superconductor …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
The new THELMA code, including a thermal-hydraulic (TH) and an electro-magnetic (EM)
model of a cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC), has been developed. The TH model is at this …

Validation of a strand-level CICC-joint coupling loss model

EPA Van Lanen, J Van Nugteren… - … Science and Technology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Calculating the coupling losses in cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) joints requires a large
amount of numerical effort, which is why the numerical system is often reduced by grouping …

Current Distribution Modeling in the Open-Source OPENSC2 Tool for the Multi-Physics Analysis of HTS and LTS Cables

S Viarengo, F Freschi, D Placido… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the framework of Open Science, the OPENSC 2 open-source object-oriented software for
multi-physics analysis has been developed to simulate the operating transients in forced …

Analysis of electrodynamic transients in the ITER PF joints

M Breschi, L Cavallucci, PL Ribani… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The paper presents a numerical study on electrodynamic behavior of the inter-pancake twin-
box joints of the Poloidal Field (PF) coils of the ITER Magnet System. This work was carried …

Modelling of AC losses in DEMO RW2rutstab conductor

F Bellina, M Breschi, D Placido… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The AC loss in the react&wind DEMO TF prototype conductor RW2rutstab were measured in
SULTAN at the end of 2019. These tests were modelled with the THELMA code, making use …

Preparation of the ITER poloidal field conductor insert (PFCI) test

R Zanino, S Egorov, K Kim… - IEEE transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Poloidal Field Conductor Insert (PFCI) of the International Thermonuclear Experimental
Reactor (ITER) has been designed in the EU and is being manufactured at Tesla …

Analysis of sudden quench of an ITER superconducting NbTi full-size short sample using the THELMA code

R Zanino, F Bellina, PL Ribani… - … Science and Technology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The coupled thermal–hydraulic electromagnetic model, implemented in the THELMA code,
is applied to the analysis of the sudden quench in the ITER NbTi poloidal field conductor …

Design and analysis of full size joint sample for ITER PF coil

Y Yao, YT Song, H Wu, XY Huang, G Shen, B Hu… - Journal of Fusion …, 2015 - Springer
Joints are essential components of poloidal field coil in fusion device, serving as an electric
and coolant transfer between adjacent superconductors. The design of full size joint sample …

Predictive analysis of the ITER poloidal field conductor insert (PFCI) test program

R Zanino, M Astrov, M Bagnasco… - IEEE transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we discuss the predictive analysis performed in support of the test program of
the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) poloidal field conductor insert …