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Characterisation and hydration kinetics of beta-C2S synthesised with K2SO4 as dopant

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In this study, a protocol for synthesising beta-C2S using K2SO4 as a dopant has been reported. Quantitative X-Ray diffraction was used to characterise synthesised samples. It was observed that it is possible to synthesise beta-C2S with high purity (>96 wt% ...

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Design and Characterization of the Interlayer Joint Between Low-Field Nb3Sn Conductors of a Layer Wound DEMO TF Coil

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov, Kamil Sedlák, Mithlesh Kumar

In the frame of the conceptual design studies for the Toroidal Field (TF) coils of DEMO, a solution based on a layer-wound magnet, rectangular-shaped Cable-in-Conduit conductors and W&R manufacturing approach, is being developed. The feasibility and perfor ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2021

Melting pseudosymmetry and thermal expansion in 3-benzoylpropionic acid

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The thermal behavior of 3-benzoylpropionic acid (BPA) was investigated using single-crystal and synchrotron powder X-diffraction, as well as differential scanning calorimetry analysis. The study revealed the existence of two subtly distinct structures of B ...

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T-cs degradation of ITER TF samples due to fast current discharges

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov, Kamil Sedlák

Direct current tests performed in the past on the conductor samples of the toroidal field (TF) ITER coils revealed degradation of current sharing temperature, T-cs. The degradation progresses with repetitive electromagnetic loading, and also with thermal c ...

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On Energy Control of Modular Multilevel Converters

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Impact of mechanical and thermal cycles at different operating conditions on the ITER toroidal field coil conductor performance

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák

The impact of electromagnetic (EM) and thermal cyclic loading (referred as warm-up-cool-down-WUCD) on the Nb3Sn cable in conduit conductors for the toroidal field magnets of the ITER tokamak should be carefully assessed for the proper operation of the mach ...

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Promoting Persistent Superionic Conductivity in Sodium Monocarba-closo-dodecaborate NaCB11H12 via Confinement within Nanoporous Silica

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Superionic phases of bulk anhydrous salts based on large cluster-like polyhedral (carba)borate anions are generally stable only well above room temperature, rendering them unsuitable as solid-state electrolytes in energy-storage devices that typically oper ...

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Coupled segregation mechanisms of Sc, Zr and Mn at theta ' interfaces enhances the strength and thermal stability of Al-Cu alloys

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Model-based electron density estimation using multiple diagnostics on TCV

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Performance of the Cable-in-Conduit Conductors for Super-X Test Facility

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Following the conceptual design, the engineering design of the dc magnet and cable-in-conduit conductor (CICC) for the Super-X test facility has been done in 2021. Totally three types of conductors with different structures were designed for the three pair ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2023

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AC Loss Measurement of the DEMO TF React&Wind Conductor Prototype No. 2

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The EUROfusion DEMO is being designed as the fusion machine to be built after ITER. During the preconceptual phase, several design options are investigated by theoretical analyses as well as tests on newly developed conductor prototypes. One design option ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

Dynamics analysis for DC transformers integration in hybrid AC‐DC power distribution networks

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In AC/DC power distributions networks, power converters are interfacing buses to ensure DC voltage regulation and power distribution. Active front ends are used between AC and DC buses and two typical control schemes that can be implemented are voltage reg ...

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Effects of Ball Milling and TiF3 Addition on the Dehydrogenation Temperature of Ca(BH4)2 Polymorphs

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The changes introduced by both ball milling and the addition of small amounts of TiF3 in the kinetics of the hydrogen desorption of three different Ca(BH4)2 polymorphs (α, β and γ) have been systematically investigated. The samples with different polymorph ...

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Structural and Dynamical Properties of Potassium Dodecahydro-monocarba-closo-dodecaborate: KCB11H12

Mirjana Dimitrievska

MCB11H12 (M: Li, Na) dodecahydro-monocarba-closo-dodecaborate salt compounds are known to have stellar superionic Li+ and Na+ conductivities in their high-temperature disordered phases, making them potentially appealing electrolytes in all-solid-state batt ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2020

Manufacture and performance test result of a 95 kA-class Nb-Ti cable-in-conduit conductor for the low field winding-package of CFETR-TF coil

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Kamil Sedlák, Yu Wu

The engineering design of the CFETR TF prototype coil and conductors has been completed. The wind-package (WP) of the coil is graded into three regions based on the magnetic field distribution for saving cost. High-Jc Nb3Sn strand, ITER-like Nb3Sn strand a ...

Elsevier2023

The Upper Bound of the Speed of Propagation of Waves along a Transmission Line

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein

According to theory, once certain conditions are fulfilled, current and voltage pulses propagate along ideal transmission lines with the speed of light. One can reach such a conclusion only when the conductors are assumed to be perfectly conducting, which ...

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