The Preliminary design of DC Magnet Power Supply System for ITER Static Magnetic Field Test facility

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel interleaved parallel buck converter topology for a DC power supply system designed for the ITER static magnetic field test facility, achieving high current, low ripple, and stability through innovative control and design.

Contribution

It introduces a new topology based on interleaving parallel buck converters with a simplified MOSFET configuration, validated by simulations and experiments.

Findings

Supports 15kA current output

Achieves low ripple with high stability

Validated through simulation and experimental tests

Abstract

ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) static magnetic field (SMF) test facility requires a DC power supply with low voltage, high current, and high stability. Due to the limitation ofswitching loss, there is a contradiction between the output current capability and the output ripple. Large output current usually leads to low switching frequency, and low switching frequency will generate a large number of harmonics. To solve the problems, a topology based on the interleaving parallel buck converter is used and tested in this paper. Moreover, the topology is realized with only a small number of switching metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs). This article introduces the system design scheme and control method in detail. The analysis of harmonic and simulation are carried out. The validity of proposed scheme and control strategy were confirmed by experiments, the power supply system can supply large current of 15kA and has ability of low ripple.