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公开(公告)号:US11869677B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US18253536
申请日:2021-11-19
申请人: Tokamak Energy Ltd
发明人: Thomas Davis , Simon Middleburgh , Jack Astbury , Gurdeep Kamal
CPC分类号: G21B1/13 , G21B1/19 , G21G1/001 , G21G1/02 , G21G2001/0094
摘要: A breeder blanket for generating tritium using neutrons produced by nuclear fusion of deuterium and/or tritium within a plasma confined within a fusion reactor. The breeder blanket comprises: a plasma-facing first wall; a breeder layer comprising lithium containing material for generating tritium from the neutrons; and neutron moderator material comprising metal hydride and/or deuteride arranged between the first wall and the lithium-containing material.
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公开(公告)号:US11289253B2
公开(公告)日:2022-03-29
申请号:US16965801
申请日:2019-01-30
申请人: Tokamak Energy Ltd
发明人: Robert Slade
摘要: A method of manufacturing an HTS coil is provided. The method comprises winding an HTS coil cable to produce a coil having a plurality of turns. During winding of a turn of the coil, one or more HTS shunt cables are placed adjacent to the previous turn of the coil along a first arc of the coil, and then the turn is wound such that the HTS shunt cable is sandwiched between the turn and the previous turn of the coil such that current can be shared between the HTS shunt cable and the HTS coil cable.
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公开(公告)号:US20220028591A1
公开(公告)日:2022-01-27
申请号:US17285172
申请日:2019-10-14
申请人: Tokamak Energy Ltd
发明人: Greg Brittles , Marcel Kruip , Tony Langtry , George Smith
摘要: A High Temperature Superconductor, HTS, magnet comprising a coil formed of nested concentric windings. Each winding comprises HTS material. The HTS magnet further comprises a conductor element comprising an electrical contact surface through which to supply electric current to a portion of at least one of the windings. The surface provides electrical contact between the conductor element and an axial edge of the coil substantially around the path of the at least one of the windings.
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公开(公告)号:US20210343452A1
公开(公告)日:2021-11-04
申请号:US17273630
申请日:2019-08-30
申请人: Tokamak Energy Ltd
发明人: Robert Slade , Greg Brittles , Bas Van Nugteren
摘要: A cable for carrying electrical current in a coil of a magnet. The cable comprises a stack of tape assemblies. Each tape assembly has a length and a width, such that the length is much larger than the width, and each tape assembly comprises an HTS layer of anisotropic high temperature superconductor, HTS material, wherein a c-axis of the HTS layer is at a non-zero angle to a vector perpendicular to the plane of the HTS layer. The tape assemblies are stacked as a series of pairs, each pair comprising first and second HTS tape assemblies and a copper layer therebetween. The tape assemblies in each pair are arranged such that the c-axis of the HTS layer of the first HTS tape assembly of each pair have reflective symmetry to the c-axis of the HTS layer of the second HTS tape assembly of each pair about a plane which is parallel to and equidistant from each HTS layer.
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公开(公告)号:US11101060B2
公开(公告)日:2021-08-24
申请号:US16965785
申请日:2019-01-31
申请人: Tokamak Energy Ltd
发明人: Robert Slade , Marcel Kruip , Bas van Nugteren , Greg Brittles , Enrique Ruiz de Villa Valdés , Rod Bateman , Alun Down
摘要: A high temperature superconducting, HTS, field coil. The HTS field coil comprises a plurality of turns and a partially insulating layer. The plurality of turns comprises HTS material and metallic stabilizer. The partially insulating layer separates the turns, such that current can be shared between turns via the partially insulating layer. The partially insulating layer comprises an electrically conducting layer, and first and second insulating layers. The electrically conducting layer is coated on one side with the first insulating layer and on the other side with the second insulating layer. Each insulating layer has one or more windows through which electrical contact can be made between the turns and the electrically conducting layer. The windows in the first insulating layer are offset in the plane of the electrically conducting strip from the windows in the second insulating layer.
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公开(公告)号:US10332641B2
公开(公告)日:2019-06-25
申请号:US15503453
申请日:2015-07-24
申请人: Tokamak Energy Ltd
发明人: David Kingham , Mikhail Gryaznevich
摘要: A toroidal field coil for generating a toroidal magnetic field in a nuclear fusion reactor comprising a toroidal plasma chamber having a central column. The toroidal field coil comprises a portion passing through the central column. The portion passing through the central chamber comprises: ●a low temperature superconductor, LTS, layer (21) formed from LTS; ●a high temperature superconductor, HTS, layer (22) formed from HTS and located radially outward of the LTS layer. ●a non-superconducting conductive layer (23) formed from electrically conducting, non-superconducting material and located radially outward of the HTS and LTS layers.
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公开(公告)号:US20180261753A1
公开(公告)日:2018-09-13
申请号:US15757099
申请日:2016-09-05
申请人: TOKAMAK ENERGY LTD
发明人: Martin WILSON , Paul NOONAN
CPC分类号: H01L39/143 , G21B1/057 , H01B12/16 , H01F6/06 , H01F41/048 , Y02E30/128
摘要: There is disclosed an assembly for carrying electrical current in a coil of a magnet. The assembly comprises a pre-formed housing of thermally and electrically conductive material (e.g. copper) which comprises a channel configured to retain HTS tape. A plurality of layers of HTS tape are fixed within the channel. The channel has at least one pre-formed curved section.
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公开(公告)号:US20180248357A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-30
申请号:US15757187
申请日:2016-09-02
申请人: TOKAMAK ENERGY LTD
发明人: John ROSS , Paul NOONAN
摘要: A method of protecting a superconducting magnet from quenches, the superconducting magnet having at least one primary coil comprising high temperature superconductor, HTS, material. A secondary HTS tape is provided, the secondary HTS tape being in proximity to and electrically insulated from the primary coil, and being configured to cease superconducting at a lower temperature than the primary coil during operation of the magnet. A loss of superconductivity in the secondary HTS tape is detected. In response to said detection, energy is dumped from the primary coil into an external resistive load.
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公开(公告)号:US11946547B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-02
申请号:US17620315
申请日:2020-06-18
申请人: Tokamak Energy Ltd
CPC分类号: F16J15/0881 , F16J15/0893 , F16J15/46 , G21B1/057 , G21B1/17
摘要: A metal sealing ring (1) for forming a metal-to-metal seal between two opposing metal surfaces. The metal sealing ring (1) comprises a tubular metal body (3) and an inlet tube (7) extending from the body (3) for introducing an internal pressure into the body (3). The body is adapted to deform under the internal pressure against each of the opposing metal surfaces to form the seal (1).
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公开(公告)号:US20240055145A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-15
申请号:US18267413
申请日:2021-11-30
申请人: Tokamak Energy Ltd.
发明人: Thomas Davis , Simon Middleburgh
IPC分类号: G21F1/08
CPC分类号: G21F1/08
摘要: Neutron shielding comprising a metal-hydride metal composite: the metal-hydride metal composite comprising: a metal matrix; and a plurality of metal-hydride particles dispersed within the metal matrix; wherein, the fraction of metal-hydride in the metal-hydride metal composite is at least 1 mol % and the volume fraction of metal-hydride in the metal hydride metal composite is no higher than the ratio of the solid solubility limit of hydrogen in the metal matrix and the molar fraction of hydrogen in the metal-hydride.
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