Safety grounding switches in large experiments - General considerations and the TEXT application
Abstract
The electrical installations of large fusion experiments present many potential dangers such as residual charges on capacitor banks and cables, power rectifiers, and other related power supplies. The paper reviews practices commonly employed to reduce such dangers and discusses the adequacy and safety of various grounding devices. The safety grounding scheme for the TEXT tokamak is described. Specially designed switches, their contact and operating mechanisms, and the integration of the switches in the overall control and safety system are discussed.
- Publication:
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2nd International Pulsed Power Conference
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979pupo.conf..355W
- Keywords:
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- Controlled Fusion;
- Electric Power Supplies;
- Electric Switches;
- Electrical Grounding;
- Reactor Technology;
- Safety Factors;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Capacitors;
- Economic Factors;
- High Current;
- Plasma Heating;
- Switching Circuits;
- Toroidal Plasmas;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering