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MEST Multicoil System Control and Application Study to a PILOT FFHR With an RFP Fusion Core by Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto, Gaio, Elena, Piovan, Roberto

“…The magnetic energy storage and transfer (MEST) system is a newly developed scheme to supply the superconducting (SC) coils in large-size tokamak and reversed…”
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Control strategy for the magnetic energy storage and transfer system (MEST) by Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto, Gaio, Elena, Piovan, Roberto

“…The Magnetic Energy Storage and Transfer system (MEST) aims at improving the power handling in supplying the SuperConducting (SC) coils of fusion experiments…”
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Combined Capacitor-Resistor Energy Transfer System to Increase Plasma Current in RFX-Mod2 by Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto, Gaio, Elena, Piovan, Roberto

“…RFX-mod is an experimental fusion device, which contributes to plasma physics studies both in reversed field pinch (RFP) and tokamak configurations. Its high…”
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Feasibility study of RFX-mod2 performance improvement by additional magnetic energy storage by Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto, Gaio, Elena, Piovan, Roberto

“…•Magnetic energy storage.•Increase of plasma current and flat-top duration of RFX-mod2.•Improving plasma performances of RFX-mod2. RFX-mod is an experimental…”
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The reactive power demand in DEMO: Estimations and study of mitigation via a novel design approach for base converters by Ferro, Alberto, Lunardon, Francesco, Ciattaglia, Sergio, Gaio, Elena

“…In the present pre-conceptual design, the base converters to supply the main DEMO poloidal magnets are rated for 45 kA and about 10 kV. If the traditional…”
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MEST: A new Magnetic Energy Storage and Transfer system for improving the power handling in fusion experiments by Piovan, Roberto, Gaio, Elena, Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto

“…A new magnetic energy storage scheme is studied for improving the power handling in fusion experiments: it can be applied both to tokamak or RFP experiments to…”
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Early Operational Experience and Improvements of SPIDER Ion Source Power Supplies at Beam Energies Exceeding 30 keV by Bigi, Marco, Agostini, Matteo, Brombin, Matteo, Casagrande, Riccardo, Dan, Mattia, De Nardi, Marco, Jain, Palak, Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto, Recchia, Mauro, Santoro, Francesco, Zanotto, Loris

“…At the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Neutral Beam Test Facility in Padua (Italy), the ion source full-scale prototype-SPIDER-has been…”
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The MEST, a new magnetic energy storage and transfer system: Application studies to the European DEMO by Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto, Spresian, Iacopo, Gaio, Elena, Piovan, Roberto, Ciattaglia, Sergio

“…•A new Magnetic Energy Storage and Transfer system.•Smart application of Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage.•Improvement of power handling in fusion…”
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Double Poloidal Field System With Superconducting and Conventional Copper Coils for Induced High Loop Voltage: A New Concept and a Feasibility Study for an RFP FFHR by Piovan, Roberto, Agostinetti, Piero, Bustreo, Chiara, Cavazzana, Roberto, Escande, Dominique Franck, Gaio, Elena, Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto, Marrelli, Lionello, Puiatti, Maria Ester, Valisa, Marco, Zollino, Giuseppe, Zuin, Matteo

“…The reversed field pinch (RFP) could be a valid basis for the 14.1-MeV neutron source as required in fusion-fission hybrid reactors (FFHRs). The use of…”
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Status and Perspectives of a Reversed Field Pinch as a Pilot Neutron Source by Piovan, Roberto, Agostinetti, Piero, Bustreo, Chiara, Cavazzana, Roberto, Escande, Dominique, Gaio, Elena, Lunardon, Francesco, Maistrello, Alberto, Puiatti, Maria Ester, Valisa, Marco, Zollino, Giuseppe, Zuin, Matteo

“…Fusion-fission hybrid reactors are seen as a possible, mid-term, CO 2 -free energy source. Starting from the progress in understanding the reversed field pinch…”
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Overview on the Applicability of the ITER/NPP-Like Technologies to the DEMO Plant Electrical System and Promising Alternatives by Ferro, Alberto, Franke, Thomas, Gaio, Elena, Bifaretti, Stefano, Bignucolo, Fabio, Biondi, Roberto, Rodriguez, Pablo Bravo, Caldora, Marzia, Chen, Zhe, Dan, Mattia, Nardi, Marco De, Falvo, Maria Carmen, Fasel, Damien, Uriarte, Ramon Iturbe, Lampasi, Alessandro, Lunardon, Francesco, Ma, Kaiqi, Magnanimo, Antonio, Maistrello, Alberto, Manganelli, Matteo, Minucci, Simone, Ottonello, Fabio, Panella, Stefano, Pipolo, Sabino, Recchia, Mauro, Rouco, Felipe Gonzalez, Santoro, Francesco, Portela, Segismundo Seijas, Terlizzi, Cristina, Turri, Roberto, Wang, Yanbo, Zhang, Hanwen, Zito, Pietro, Federici, Gianfranco, Ciattaglia, Sergio, Barucca, Luciana, Corato, Valentina

“…The Plant Electrical System (PES) of the European DEMOnstration fusion power plant (DEMO), presently under conceptual design, shall supply power to the loads…”
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Overview on electrical issues faced during the SPIDER experimental campaigns by Maistrello, Alberto, Agostini, Matteo, Bigi, Marco, Brombin, Matteo, Dan, Mattia, Casagrande, Riccardo, De Nardi, Marco, Ferro, Alberto, Gaio, Elena, Jain, Palak, Lunardon, Francesco, Marconato, Nicolò, Marcuzzi, Diego, Recchia, Mauro, Patton, Tommaso, Pavei, Mauro, Santoro, Francesco, Toigo, Vanni, Zanotto, Loris, Barbisan, Marco, Baseggio, Lucio, Bernardi, Marco, Berton, Giovanni, Boldrin, Marco, Dal Bello, Samuele, Fasolo, Daniele, Franchin, Luca, Ghiraldelli, Raffaele, Grando, Luca, Milazzo, Ruggero, Pimazzoni, Antonio, Rigoni, Andrea, Sartori, Emanuele, Serianni, Gianluigi, Shepherd, Alastair, Ugoletti, Margherita, Zaniol, Barbara, Zella, Daniele, Zerbetto, Enrico, Decamps, Hans, Rotti, Chandramouli, Veltri, Pierluigi

“…SPIDER is the full-scale prototype of the ion source of the ITER Heating Neutral Beam Injector, where negative ions of Hydrogen or Deuterium are produced by a…”
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Overview on electrical issues faced during the SPIDER experimental campaigns by Maistrello, Alberto, Agostini, Matteo, Bigi, Marco, Brombin, Matteo, Dan, Mattia, Casagrande, Riccardo, De Nardi, Marco, Ferro, Alberto, Gaio, Elena, Jain, Palak, Lunardon, Francesco, Marconato, Nicolò, Marcuzzi, Diego, Recchia, Mauro, Patton, Tommaso, Pavei, Mauro, Santoro, Francesco, Toigo, Vanni, Zanotto, Loris, Barbisan, Marco, Baseggio, Lucio, Bernardi, Marco, Berton, Giovanni, Boldrin, Marco, Bello, Samuele Dal, Fasolo, Daniele, Franchin, Luca, Ghiraldelli, Raffaele, Grando, Luca, Milazzo, Ruggero, Pimazzoni, Antonio, Rigoni, Andrea, Sartori, Emanuele, Serianni, Gianluigi, Shepherd, Alastair, Ugoletti, Margherita, Zaniol, Barbara, Zella, Daniele, Zerbetto, Enrico, Decamps, Hans, Rotti, Chandramouli, Veltri, Pierluigi

“…Fusion Engineering and Design, vol. 190, pages 113510, year 2023, issn 0920-3796 SPIDER is the full-scale prototype of the ion source of the ITER Heating…”
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