Magnets for the Mirror Fusion Test Facility: Testing of the first Yin-Yang and the design and development of other magnets
Abstract
Completed in May 1981, the first Yin-Yang magnetic for the tandem Mirror Fusion Test Facility (MFTF-B) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) was successfully tested to its full design field (7.68 T) and current (5775 A). Since that time, the entire magnet array has been reconfigured - from the original A-cell to an axicell design. The MFTF-B magnet array now contains a total 26 large superconducting coils: 2 sets of yin-yang pairs, 2 sets of transition magnets (each containing two coils), 2 sets of axicell magnets (each containing three coils), and 12 central-cell solenoids. Recent magnet history from the testing of the initial yin-yang set, through the design of the axicell configuration, to the planned development of the system is chronicled.
- Publication:
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Presented at the Appl. Superconductivity Conf
- Pub Date:
- 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982apsu.conf.....K
- Keywords:
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- Mirror Fusion;
- Superconducting Magnets;
- Cooling;
- Cryogenic Equipment;
- High Current;
- Magnetic Coils;
- Performance Tests;
- Solenoids;
- Tandem Mirrors;
- Plasma Physics