UK-based Tokamak Energy has recorded a significant breakthrough in the development of clean energy by successfully replicating fusion power plant fields within its Demo4 magnet system.
This is the first time in the world that such fields have been created in a full High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) magnet configuration.
During recent tests conducted at the company’s headquarters near Oxford, the Demo4 system achieved magnetic field strengths of 11.8 Tesla at a temperature of -243 degrees Celsius (-405.4 degrees Fahrenheit).
The system, which features a complete set of HTS magnets built in a tokamak configuration, successfully managed seven million ampere-turns of electrical current through its central column.
Warrick Matthews, CEO of Tokamak Energy, described the results as a “major victory” for the sector.
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