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FIGURE 5.21 TFMC design features (Copyright ITER Organization, 2017).

TABLE 5.9 ITER TFC and TFMC Design Parameters

Parameters TFC TFMC
Overall dimension (m) 14.7 × 8.5 × 1.4 3.8 × 2.7 × 0.77
Mass (t) 340 40
Coil case thickness (mm) 75–240 70–80
Total number of turns 134 98
Number of DP modules 7 5
Thickness of coil ground electrical 8 8
insulation (mm)
Thickness of electrical insulation between 5 4
DPs (mm)
Thickness of DP ground electrical 1.0 1.4
insulation (mm)
Thickness of electrical insulation between 1.25–2.0 2.5
turns (mm)
Conductor outer diameter (mm) 43.4 40.7
Max. magnetic field (T) 11.5 8.8
Max. magnetic field as a sum of TFC and 11.5 9.77
LCT magnet operation (T)
Max. operating current (kA) 68.0 80.0