The Wendelstein 7-AS (Advanced Stellarator) was located at the Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP) in Garching, Germany.
The denomination 'advanced' refers to the use of modular (non-planar) coils.
It has been operated from 1988 to July, 2002. [1]
Its successor is the W7-X stellarator.
Main parameters
| Parameter |
Value
|
| Major radius, R0 |
2 m
|
| Minor radius, a |
≤ 0.18 m
|
| Periodicity |
5
|
| Nr. of coils |
45
|
| Plasma volume |
1 m3
|
| Toroidal field, BT |
≤ 3 T
|
| Rotational transform |
0.25 ≤ ι(a)/2π ≤ 0.7
|
| Heating |
5.6 MW
|
| Pulse length |
5 s
|
See alsoReferences
