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View article: Development of a high current density, high temperature superconducting cable for pulsed magnets
Development of a high current density, high temperature superconducting cable for pulsed magnets Open
A low-AC loss Rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) cable, based on the VIPER cable technology has been developed by commonwealth fusion systems for use in high-field, compact tokamaks. The new cable is composed of partitioned and transpo…
View article: Design, Fabrication, and Assembly of the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil
Design, Fabrication, and Assembly of the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Open
The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) is the first large-scale (∼3 m), high-field (∼20 T) superconducting fusion magnet based on Rare Earth Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (REBCO). Its objective was to retire risk for the toroidal field m…
View article: Building the Runway: A New Superconducting Magnet Test Facility Made for the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil
Building the Runway: A New Superconducting Magnet Test Facility Made for the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Open
A new superconducting magnet test facility was created at the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) for the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) program. The facility was designed and constructed in parallel with the TFMC between 2…
View article: The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Program
The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Program Open
The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) Program was a three-year effort between 2018 and 2021 that developed novel Rare Earth Barium Copper Oxide (REBCO) superconductor technologies and then successfully utilized these technologies to d…
View article: A 20-K, 600-W, Cryocooler-Based, Supercritical Helium Circulation System for the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Program
A 20-K, 600-W, Cryocooler-Based, Supercritical Helium Circulation System for the SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Program Open
From June 2019 to July 2021, the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center in collaboration with Commonwealth Fusions Systems (CFS) designed, built, and commissioned a test facility at MIT to evaluate the performance of a REBCO-based, 2.9-m tal…
View article: The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Program
The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil Program Open
The SPARC Toroidal Field Model Coil (TFMC) Program was a three-year effort between 2018 and 2021 that developed novel Rare Earth Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (REBCO) superconductor technologies and then successfully utilized these technolog…
View article: Development of the first non-planar REBCO stellarator coil using VIPER cable
Development of the first non-planar REBCO stellarator coil using VIPER cable Open
The benefits of operating fusion devices, such as tokamaks and stellarators, at high fields make high-temperature superconducting magnets necessary to realize a compact fusion power system. Superconducting stellarators, such as W7-X, have …