The system is based on a Tokamak, a chamber used in fusion re-search in which a plasma is heated and confined by magnetic fields. The work being undertaken is aimed at researching the long term commercial viability of production of low cost electricity from nuclear fusion, the same process through which the sun and the stars produce heat and light, the company said.
For KSTAR, Converteam will supply a pulse power supply generator having a stored energy capacity of 3433 megajoules, together with a Converteam MV7000 variable speed drive system.
The power supply generator is a large diameter vertical machine of the hydro type in-corporating an impressive 400-ton flywheel. The energy stored in this flywheel is re-leased as an electromagnetic pulse which is used to provide the magnetic field in the Tokamak, the company claimed.
After assembly and testing in South Korea, the power supply generator is expected to be ready for plasma testing by June 2012.
