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DOE issues final RFQ for WIPP clean energy initiative
The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has issued a request for qualifications for interested parties and prospective offerors looking to enter into a realty agreement for carbon-pollution-free electricity (CFE) projects at the department’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in southeastern New Mexico.
P. Fu, G. Gao, Zh. Q. Song, L. W. Xu, L. S. Huang, L. Jiang, J. C. Li, F. W. Zha, L. Dong, M. Wang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 64 | Number 4 | November 2013 | Pages 741-747
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A24094
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This paper introduces the preliminary design of the poloidal field alternating-current/direct-current converter for the coil power supply system applied in the ITER project; it includes the description of design inputs, converter topology optimization, system analysis, electrical design, test procedure and criteria, related interface, and control and protection.
