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Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
Manfred Wanner, Konrad Risse, and Thomas Rummel
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 65 | Number 3 | May 2014 | Pages 391-398
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-712
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The superconducting coils of the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator use a cable-in-conduit conductor that is wound as double layers. These double layers are connected by low-ohmic joints to limit ohmic heating. All joints were equipped with voltage taps to allow identification of the double layer causing a quench. During the current tests of the superconducting coils, the differences between adjacent voltage taps were measured, and the joint resistances between the double layers were estimated. The cryogenic tests of the 50 nonplanar and 20 planar coils provided a unique opportunity to analyze the variation of the resistance of 250 joints of the nonplanar coils and of 40 joints of the planar coils. The statistical analysis shows that the resistance of most of the joints was well below the specified value of 1 nΩ.