The European development of a full scale switching unit for the ITER switching and discharging networks

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 75-79, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 193-200

  Bonicelli, T ^a   De Lorenzi, A ^b   Hrabal, D ^c   Piovan, R ^b   Sachs, E ^c   Salpietro, E ^a   Shaw, S R ^d  

^a EFDA CLOSE SUPPORT UNIT   (Germany)

^b Consorzio RFX ^*  (Italy)

^c FEAG   (Germany)

^d CULHAM SCIENCE CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DC circuit breakers; ITER; Superconductive magnet protection

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SWITCHING;

DC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ITER;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 27744573155     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2005.06.225     Document Type: Article

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