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ITER uses HTSs, just not for the coils: > The design operating current of the feeders is 68Ka. High temperature superconductor (HTS) current leads transmit the
by twothreeone 1y ago
ITER uses HTSs, just not for the coils:
> The design operating current of the feeders is 68Ka. High temperature superconductor (HTS) current leads transmit the high-power currents from the room-temperature power supplies to the low-temperature superconducting coils 4K (-269°C) with minimum heat load.
Source: https://www.iter.org/machine/magnets https://www.iter.org/machine/magnets
- stshank 1y agoHTS current feeds are a good idea (we also use them at CFS, my employer: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJXInDUuDAK/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DJXInDUuDAK/). It's HTS in the coils (electromagnets) that enables higher magnetic fields and thus a more compact tokamak.