Published December 2013 | Version v1
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Analysis of ITER poloidal field converter reliability

Creators

  • 1. School of Electric and Automatic Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei (China)
  • 2. Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei (China)

Description

The poloidal field (PF) converter belongs to the critical systems of ITER, thus its reliability and availability should maintain a high state through the two decades operation life of ITER. This paper is aiming at improving these two abilities with the RAMI (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Inspectability) analysis method. The system functional breakdown is performed at first, then the reliability model is established based on it. The initial reliability and availability of the PF converter is obtained by analysing this model. Finally, by improving the reliability and availability of subsystems, the scheme of the PF converter satisfied the requirements of ITER. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Fusion and Plasma Physics
Journal Volume
33
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 348-353
ISSN
0254-6086

INIS

Country of Publication
China
Country of Input or Organization
China
INIS RN
48045659
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
AVAILABILITY; BREAKDOWN; DC TO DC CONVERTERS; ITER TOKAMAK; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPERATION; POWER SUPPLIES; RELIABILITY
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS

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Notes
7 figs., 6 tabs., 7 refs.