Key Components of the ITER Magnet Feeders

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The ITER magnet procurement is now well underway. The magnet systems consist of 4 superconducting coil sets (toroidal field (TF), poloidal field (PF), central solenoid (CS) and correction coils (CC)) which use both NbTi and -based conductors. The magnets sit at the core of the ITER machine and are tightly integrated with each other and the main vacuum vessel. The total weight of the system is about 10000 t, of which about 500 t are strands and 250 t, NbTi. The reaction of the magnetic forces is a delicate balance that requires tight control of tolerances and the use of high-strength, fatigue-resistance steel forgings. Integration and support of the coils and their supplies, while maintaining the necessary tolerances and clearance gaps, have been completed in steps, the last being the inclusion of the feeder systems. Twenty-one procurement agreements have now been signed with 6 of the ITER Domestic Agencies for all of the magnets together with the supporting feeder subsystems. All of them except one (for the CS coils) are so-called Build to Print agreements where the IO provides the detailed design including full three-dimensional CAD models. The production of the first components is underway (about 175 t of strand was finished by July 2011) and manufacturing prototypes of TF coil components are being completed. The paper will present a design overview and the manufacturing status.

Section: System Overview and Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

The ITER Magnets: Design and Construction Status

Mitchell

Devred

Libeyre

et al. 2012

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“…Fig. 5 shows a sketch of the basic VB1 design concept, and more information is available from [9]. VB2 is significantly simpler in design.…”

Section: Vacuum Barriersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cryogenic Engineering Design of the ITER Superconducting Magnet Feeders

Sahu

Gung

Lü

et al. 2012

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The ITER magnet system is to be operated at about 4.5 K. It has 31 feeders for high-current power supply, helium distribution and instrumentation cable routing. The feeders (except the smaller ones which are for instrumentation only) are 25 to 30 m long for about 40 tons. They have 3 main components: coil terminal box-cum-S-bend box (CTB-SBB), Cryostat feedthrough (CFT) and in-cryostat feeder (ICF). The CTB is the feeder component placed farthest from the coil (about 25 m away from the magnet center) and outside the bio-shield (the nuclear radiation restriction wall) so that it can be easily accessible in case the critical elements placed within it need maintenance: high-temperature superconducting current leads (HTSCL), large number of cryogenic control valves and pressure-release valves for quench protection. This paper explains the cryogenic design that considers these factors and main components.Index Terms-Coil terminal box, ITER, superconducting magnets for fusion, supercritical helium, vacuum chamber.

“…The detailed design and functionality description of the feeders can be found in [1], [2]. Apart from the three cooling feeders and two instrumentation feeders for the magnet structures, all other feeders deliver the power, instrumentation and coolant to the coils.…”

Section: Mechanics Of the Feedersmentioning

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Structural Analysis of ITER Magnet Feeders

Ilyin

Farek²,

Lorriere

et al. 2012

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This paper summarizes the results of the static structural analyses, which were conducted in support of the ITER magnet feeder design with the aim of validating certain components against the structural design criteria. While almost every feeder has unique features, they all share many common constructional elements and the same functional specifications. The analysis approach to assess the load conditions and stresses that have driven the design is equivalent for all feeders, except for particularities that needed to be modeled in each case. The mechanical analysis of the feeders follows the sub-modeling approach: the results of the global mechanical model of a feeder assembly are used as input for the detailed models of the feeder' sub-assemblies or single components. Examples of such approach, including the load conditions, stress assessment criteria and solutions for the most critical components, are discussed. It has been concluded that the feeder system is safe in the referential operation scenarios.