Safety and protection of 8T NbTi gyrotron magnet in persistent mode

Successful series of 5T cryomagnetic systems for additional high frequency plasma heating in Tokamaks T10 and T15, produced in Czechoslovakia during the last decade with the authors participation in magnet design and testing encouraged them to continue in further development of gyrotron magnets for further generation with operational field B0 = 8T. Approximately of the size and dimensions as was the case of previous 5T series, the 8T gyrotron magnet was designed as a part of preliminary work with preparations for ITER project. To achieve high mechanical stability of the superconducting winding, numerical stress-strain analyzes of winding structure and appropriate technology of epoxy impregnation were applied. To improve winding mechanical stability, initially round φ1 mm varnish insulated conductor was flattened to ''race track'' cross section (1.25 x 0.75 mm2 for inner section, respectively, 1.31 x 0.65 mm2 for the rest of magnet). Stainless steel road (φ1mm) of the bandage was flattened in the same way too (up to 1.14 x 0.77 mm2). Danger of creating a hot spot region has been limited by radial magnet sectioning and sections shunting by low ohmic shunts. Superconducting switch was protected by couple of antiparallel silicon diodes mounted between magnet flanges in parallel to it. High threshold voltages of diodes at 4.2K allow to run up system with relatively high speed without any limitation on sign of magnet field polarity