Design updates of magnet system for Korean fusion demonstration reactor, K-DEMO

Abstract

A conceptual design study for a steady-state Korean fusion demonstration reactor (K-DEMO) was initiated in 2012. The superconducting magnet system is one of the key components of the K-DEMO and the preliminary study on superconducting magnet system has been done in 2015. The superconducting magnet system of K-DEMO consists of 16 TF (Toroidal Field), 8 CS (Central Solenoid) and 12 PF (Poloidal Field) coils. All of the TF, CS and PF coils use internally-cooled Cable-In-Conduit Conductors (CICC). A high performance Nb3Sn-based conductor, an ITER-type Nb3Sn and NbTi conductor will be used for the magnet. Based on the preliminary design, continuous design study is being performed and the K-DEMO magnet system has been evolved mainly for solving engineering issues. Two issues were considered for the TF, the reinforcement of the low field TF CICC structure and the fabrication stability of the high field TF CICC. In the CS magnet, reducing the number of Helium feed-throughs was a main issue. A small change has been made for the PF magnets for keeping a void fraction of the PF conductor. In this work, the major parameters and design updates of the K-DEMO magnet system is presented.