The Superconducting Magnets for EAST Tokamak

• Published in: IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 556 - 559
• Main Authors: Wei, J, Chen, W G, Wu, W Y, Pan, Y N, Gao, D M, Wu, S T, Wu, Y
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.06.2010; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Assembly; Coils; Conductors; Devices; EAST; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electromagnets; Exact sciences and technology; Fusion reactors; Magnets; Missions; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Physics; Plasma devices; R&D; Research & development; Steady-state; Superconducting cables; Superconducting coils; superconducting magnet; Superconducting magnets; Superconductivity; Tokamak; Tokamak devices; Tokamaks; Various equipment and components; Performance evaluation; Tokamak; Superconducting magnet; Plasma; Poloidal field; Systems engineering; Magnet; Toroidal field; Experimental study; Steady state; EAST; Commissioning
• ISSN: 1051-8223; 1558-2515
• DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2040030

The EAST is an Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak. The mission of the EAST Project is to bring out scientific issues on the continuous nonburning plasma scenario of steady-state operation and engineering issues on establishing the basis of technology for superconducting tokamak. Superconducting magnets were chosen for all poloidal field (PF) and toroidal field (TF) systems since the engineering mission is to establish the technology basis of full superconducting Tokamak for future fusion reactors. The superconducting magnets of EAST consist of sixteen TF coils and fourteen PF coils (seven coil-pairs). To obtain the good performance of the superconducting magnets, all TF magnets and most PF magnets have been tested before assembly. The assembly of the main device was completed in the end of 2005 and at the beginning of 2006, we made successfully the first engineering commissioning of the EAST system. Up to now the EAST device has been used in 4 operation campaigns and has achieved good experimental results.