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Multiscenario Electromagnetic Load Analysis of Blanket and VV for CFETR

Jing Pan, Weiwei Xu, Weibin Xi, Mingzhun Lei, Xufeng Liu, Songtao Wu, Kun Lu, Jing Wei, Yuntao Song

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 77 / Number 6 / August 2021 / Pages 477-488

Technical Paper / dx.doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1936376

Received:March 10, 2020
Accepted:May 26, 2021
Published:August 4, 2021

The evaluation of electromagnetic (EM) loads acting on conductive structures is one of the critical problems for tokamaks. This paper focuses on the main conductive components of the Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR), which are vacuum vessel (VV) and blanket components. A multiscenario EM load-calculating simulator is developed. The simulator adopts circuit equations for the calculation of eddy current, magnetic field, and resulting EM loads acting on the VV. And for EM loads acting on the blanket components, an integral parameter method is applied. With the circuit equations and pre-obtained integral parameters implanted in the simulator, EM loads on the CFETR VV and blankets at different scenarios can be evaluated quickly. Results indicate that the simulator can be conveniently used for multiscenario and real-time EM assessment of the tokamak VV and blanket components.