General arrangement and systems integration of the BPX

Abstract

The integration of Burning Plasma Experiment (BPX) tokamak components, peripheral equipment, service lines, and the test cell facility is being carried out to satisfy the functional requirements of all systems, maximize hands-on maintenance of peripheral equipment, and maximize access space around the machine for remote maintenance. The baseline configuration has evolved around a center cell that houses the tokamak device, has close-in North and South cells for locating peripheral equipment for hands-on maintenance, has trenches located in the test cell floor to carry away service lines to various diagnostic areas, and has equipment lines that service the device core components integrated with the cryostat and locally arranged to maximize remote maintenance access to the device and the center cell peripheral equipment. A circular pipe corridor has been located in the basement to localize floor penetrations, prevent activation of the basement, and provide support structure directly under the machine. These and other configurational design details have been developed in the process of fully integrating all BPX systems and subsystems. >