SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR THE TOKAMAK PHYSICS EXPERIMENT

Authors
SCHULTZ JH CHANIOTAKIS E PILLSBURY RD WANG PW CITROLO J NEUMEYER C CHAPLIN M HASSENZAHL WV
Citation
Jh. Schultz et al., SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR THE TOKAMAK PHYSICS EXPERIMENT, IEEE transactions on magnetics, 30(4), 1994, pp. 2102-2105
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic","Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE transactions on magnetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00189464
Volume
30
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Part
2
Pages
2102 - 2105
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9464(1994)30:4<2102:SMPSFT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The TPX tokamak must protect 30 superconducting magnets during a compl ex, pulsed physics scenario. 2.0 MA plasma vertical disruptions will o ccur at unpredictable intervals. These should not cause quench, but wi ll be difficult to distinguish from quench. A redundant, multiple sign al protection system combines conventional voltage taps with signals f rom cowound conductors, pressure and flow sensors.