The Trim Coils for the Wendelstein 7-X Magnet System

Abstract

The magnet system of the fusion experiment Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) consists of superconducting as well as normal conducting coils. 50 non planar superconducting coils are forming the main field, 20 planar superconducting coils allow varying the shape of the plasma. Inside of the plasma vessel 10 normal conducting control coils will be placed to modify the strike points of the plasma at the divertor. In addition a set of five normal conducting trim coils has been designed to allow the correction of error fields and to increase the experimental flexibility. The coils will be placed at the outer surface of the outer vessel of W7-X. Four out of five coils have identical size and shape. They have dimensions of 3.5 <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$\times$</tex></formula> 3.3 meters with 48 turns and will be operated with currents of up to 1.8 kA. The other coil type has a smaller size of 2.8 <formula formulatype="inline" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex Notation="TeX">$\times$</tex></formula> 2.2 meters, but a higher number of turns and a higher operating current of 1.95 kA. Both types of trim coils will be made of square copper hollow profile with an integrated cooling channel. Five independent power supplies will be used to energize the coils. The present concept is based on four-quadrant power supplies. The control system will allow the local control as well as the remote control of the five power supplies from an external control room.