Preliminary electromagnetic analysis of the COOL blanket for CFETR

The supercritical CO_(2)cOoled Lithium-Lead(COOL)blanket has been designed as one advanced blanket candidate for the Chinese Fusion Engineering Test Reactor(CFETR).This work focuses on the electromagnetic(EM)loads(Maxwell force and Lorentz force)acting on the COOL blanket,which are important mechanical loads in further structural analysis of the COOL blanket.A 3D electromagnetic analysis is performed using the ANSYS finite element method to obtain EM loads on the COOL blanket in this study.At first,the magnetic scalar potential(MSP)method is used to obtain the magnetic field and the Maxwell force on the COOL blanket.Then,the magnetic vector potential(MVP)method is performed during a plasma disruption event to get the eddy current distribution.At last,a multi-step method is adopted for the calculation of the Lorentz force and the torque.The maximum Lorentz forces of inboard and outboard blanket structural components are 5624 kN and 2360 kN respectively.

Analysis of Electromagnetic Characteristics of a Novel Toroidal Acceleration Linear Motor

A high thrust density linear motor,which adopts a novel toroidal structure,applying to load acceleration in confined space is proposed.The basic structure of the toroidal acceleration permanent magnet synchronous linear motor(TA-PMLSM)is depicted,both with its parameters listed.The main characteristics such as air gap magnetic density and electromagnetic thrust are discussed by establishing the electromagnetic field equation in the cylindrical coordinate system.And simulation comparison between the Halbach permanent magnet array and the classical radial one is also made to get a higher density of the magnetic and electromagnetic thrust.Compared with the conventional radial permanent magnet array,results show that the amplitude of back EMF of ring motor under the action of Halbach permanent magnet array has a better sinusoidal,the magnetic density of the air gap increases by 1.3 times,the thrust density increases by 1.42 times,and the main harmonic content of the two referred physical quantity decreases significantly.

Electromagnetic–thermal–structural coupling analysis of the ITER edge localized mode coil with flexible supports

In a fusion reactor, the edge localized mode（ELM） coil has a mitigating effect on the ELMs of the plasma. The coil is placed close to the plasma between the vacuum vessel and the blanket to reduce its design power and improve its mitigating ability. The coil works in a high-temperature,high-nuclear-heat and high-magnetic-field environment. Due to the existence of outer superconducting coils, the coil is subjected to an alternating electromagnetic force induced by its own alternating current and the outer magnetic field. The design goal for the ELM coil is to maintain its structural integrity in the multi-physical field. Taking as an example the middle ELM coil（with flexible supports） of ITER（the International Thermonuclear Fusion Reactor）, an electromagnetic–thermal–structural coupling analysis is carried out using ANSYS. The results show that the flexible supports help the three-layer casing meet the static and fatigue design requirements. The structural design of the middle ELM coil is reasonable and feasible. The work described in this paper provides the theoretical basis and method for ELM coil design.

Current Sharing Analysis of Arm Prototype for ITER PF Converter Bridge

A bridge arm prototype of ITER poloidal field （PF） converter modules has been designed and fabricated. Non-cophase counter parallel connection is chosen as the arm structure of the prototype. Among all factors affecting current sharing, arm structure is the main one. During the design of the arm prototype, a novel method based on inductance matrixes is employed to improve the current sharing of the bridge arm. The test results on the prototype show that the current sharing performance of the arm prototype is much better than relevant design requirement, and that the matrix method is very effective to analyze and solve the current sharing problems of thyristor converters.

Numerical Simulation Approaches to Evaluating the Electromagnetic Loads on the EAST Vacuum Vessel

Numerical simulation approaches are developed to compute the electromagnetic forces on the EAST vacuum vessel during major disruptions and vertical displacement events, with the halo current also considered. The finite element model built with ANSYS includes the vacuum vessel, the plasma facing components and their support structure, and the toroidal and poloidal field coils. The numerical methods are explained to convince of its validity. The eddy current induced by the magnetic flux variation and the conducting current caused by the halo current are also presented for discussion. The electromagnetic forces resulting from the numerical simulation are proven to be useful for structure design optimization. Similar methods can be applied in the upgrades of the EAST device.

Numerical Analyses of Electromagnetic Forces on the ITER Blanket Module Shield Block During Major Disruptions

Electromagnetic（EM） load is one of the key design drivers for the blanket shield block（SB） and other in-vessel components. In this article, an EM analysis method was developed to address the EM force on the SB. The plasma currents, which vary spatially and temporally,are loaded as a filament at each time point. The standard blanket module No.04（BM04） under major disruption（MD） is selected to perform the analyses. The analyses results are validated by comparing currents on the passive structure. To better understand the effects of cooling channels and slits on the EM force, the case of SB without cooling channel and the case without slits are calculated to make comparisons. The results show that the slits play an important role in controlling the EM load on SB.

Electromagnetic and Stress Analyses of the ITER Equatorial Thermal Shield

The ITER equatorial thermal shield is located inside the cryostat and outside the vacuum vessel, and its purpose is to provide a thermal shield from hot components to the superconducting magnets. Electromagnetic analysis of the equatorial thermal shield was performed using the ANSYS code, because electromagnetic load was one of the main loads. The 40 sector finite element model was established including the vacuum vessel, equatorial thermal shield, and superconducting magnets. The main purpose of this analysis was to investigate the eddy current and electromagnetic force in the equatorial thermal shield during plasma disruption. Stress analysis was implemented under the electromagnetic load. The results show that the equatorial thermal shield can accommodate the calculated electromagnetic loads.

Electromagnetic Modeling of the Passive Stabilization Loop at EAST

A passive stabilization loop （PSL） has been designed and manufactured in order to enhance the control of vertical instability and accommodate the new stage for high-performance plasma at EAST. Eddy currents are induced by vertical displacement events （VDEs） and disrup- tion, which can produce a magnetic field to control the vertical instability of the plasma in a short timescale. A finite element model is created and meshed using ANSYS software. Based on the simulation of plasma VDEs and disruption, the distribution and decay curve of the eddy currents on the PSL are obtained. The largest eddy current is 200 kA and the stress is 68 MPa at the outer current bridge, which is the weakest point of the PSL because of the eddy currents and the magnetic fields. The analysis results provide the supporting data for the structural design.

Novel magneto-rheological fluid damper for passive force/torque feedback

The damper is capable of providing a continuously variable dampering force/torque in response to a magnetic field. It consists of an upside cap and an underside cap with a rotor located between them, the magneto-rheological （MR） fluid is filled into the gaps between the rotor and the caps. When the viscosity of the MR fluid increases under the influence of the magnetic field, the movement of the rotor will be resisted. The output torque is made up of the torque caused by the magnetic field, the torque caused by the plastic viscosity of the MR fluid, and the torque caused by the coulomb friction. The viscous torque can be calculated by a simple method and the frictional torque can be obtained by experiments. The torque dependent on the magnetic field is obtained by electromagnetic finite dement analysis. Experiments are done on the damper prototype and the validity of the design is verified.

Safety assessment of waste rock dump built on existing tailings ponds

The construction of waste rock dumps on existing tailing ponds has been put into practice in China to save precious land resources. This work focuses on the safety assessment of the Daheishan molybdenum mine waste rock dump under construction on two adjoining tailings ponds. The consolidation of the tailings foundation and the filling quality of the waste rock are investigated by the transient electromagnetic method through detecting water-rich areas and loose packing areas, from which, the depth of phreatic line is also estimated. With such information and the material parameters, the numerical method based on shear strength reduction is applied to analyzing the overall stability of the waste rock dump and the tailings ponds over a number of typical cross sections under both current and designed conditions, where the complex geological profiles exposed by site investigation are considered. Through numerical experiments, the influence of soft lenses in the tailings and possible loose packing areas in the waste rock is examined. Although large displacements may develop due to the soft tailings foundation, the results show that the waste rock dump satisfies the safety requirements under both present and designed conditions.

Parallel-Computing Wavelet-Based FDTD Method for Modeling Nanoscale Optical Resonator

An efficient wavelet-based finite-difference time-domain(FDTD)method is implemented for analyzing nanoscale optical devices,especially optical resonator.Because of its highly linear numerical dispersion properties the high-spatial-order FDTD achieves significant reduction in the number of cells,i.e.used memory,while analyzing a high-index dielectric ring resonator working as an add/drop multiplexer.The main novelty is that the wavelet-based FDTD model is extended in a parallel computation environment to solve physical problems with large dimensions.To demonstrate the efficiency of the parallelized FDTD model,a mirrored cavity is analyzed.The analysis shows that the proposed model reduces computation time and memory cost,and the parallel computation result matches the theoretical model.

Parameter Optimization and Precision Enhancement of Dual-Coil Eddy Current Sensor

To enhance the measurement precision of eddy current sensor in particular environments such asextreme temperature changes and limited available space in aerospace, we optimized the structural parameters ofthe traditional dual-coil eddy current sensor probe by electromagnetic field analysis and finite element simulationmodeling, and further presented the criteria for determining the optimal coil distance of the dual-coil probe. Thesimulation results are verified by setting up an experimental platform. For the extreme temperature environment,the displacement measurement error caused by the full range temperature variation of the dual-coil sensor underthe optimal distance is less than 21.0% of that of the single-coil sensor. On this basis, we analyzed and verified thethermal stability of the structurally optimized dual-coil eddy current sensor. After temperature compensation,the displacement measurement accuracy can reach 14.9 times more accurate than that of the single-coil sensor.The method proposed in this paper can provide a design reference for the structural optimization of the axialdual-coil eddy current sensor probe.

A Node Splitting Interface Algorithm for Multi-rate Parallel Simulation of DC Grids

With wider applications of power electronic devices in modern power systems,simulation using traditional electro-mechanical and electromagnetic simulation tools suffer from low speed and imprecision.Multi-rate technologies can greatly improve simulation efficiency by avoiding simulating the entire system using a small time-step.However,the drawbacks of the current synchronization mechanisms is that they introduce numerical errors and numerical instabilities in multi-rate parallel simulations.An improved multi-rate parallel technology,node splitting interface(NSI),is proposed to reduce errors and enhance simulation stability.A new synchronization mechanism is used to avoid prediction and signal delays.Theoretical analyses are carried out to prove the convergence and absolute stability of the proposed NSI algorithm.This algorithm is particularly suitable for simultaneously investigating long term dynamics of DC grids and fast transients of power electronic converters.