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Wendelstein 7-X
w7x_spulen_plasma.eps
Computer graphics: Magnet coils and plasma of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device, which is being build at the Greifswald Branch of IPP
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w7x_kryostat_jpg
Computer graphics: Cryostat, magnet coils and plasma of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device.
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Computer graphics: Cryostat, magnet coils, support structure and plasma vessel of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device.
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Sequence, picture 1: Computer graphics: plasma vessel of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device. (Graphics: IPP)
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Sequence, picture 2: Computer graphics: Plasma vessel and superconducting magnet coils of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device. (Grafik: IPP)
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Sequence, picture 3 – computer graphics: Plasma vessel and superconducting stellarator magnet coils as well as planar magnet coils of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device. (Graphics: IPP)
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Sequence, picture 4 – computer graphics: Plasma vessel, superconducting stellarator magnet coils, planar magnet coils, cooling pipes, current leads and support structure of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device. (Graphics: IPP)
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Sequence, picture 5 – computer graphics: Plasma vessel, superconducting stellarator magnet coils, planar magnet coils, support structure and cryostat of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device. (Graphics: IPP)
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Sequence, picture 6 – computer graphics: The outer vessel, the cryostat, of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device. (Graphics: IPP)
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w7x_spule.tif
One of a total of 50 stellarator magnet coils for Wendelstein 7-X
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W7X_gefaess_6.jpg
Segment of the plasma vessel for Wendelstein 7-X during production.
(photo: IPP, Wolfgang Filser)
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w7x_montage.jpg
Assembly of a half-module: Suspended in a rotatable support structure, the first of 50 stellarator magnet coils is strung onto a segment of the plasma vessel.
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w7x_aussengefaess_1.tif
One of the five sections of the outer vessel of Wendelstein 7-X during production.
(photo: IPP, Wolfgang Filser)
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w7x_gefaess_aussen_2.tif
One of the five sections of the outer vessel of Wendelstein 7-X during production.
(photo: IPP, Wolfgang Filser)
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w7x_halbmodul.jpg
A completed half-module of Wendelstein 7-X on the way to the second pre-assembly rig
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One of the five modules during transport to its final position on the machine foundation
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w7x_torus_innen.jpg
View inside one of the modules. Visible are the plasma vessel, a magnet coil, the outer casing, and numerous ducts for coolant and leads for power.
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w7x_torus_aussen.jpg
All five modules are installed on the machine’s foundation (December 2011). The missing final section of the outer casing (top front) will complete the core of the device.
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w7x_torus_mai_2013.jpg
The last open seam of the outer steel casing of Wendelstein 7-X was closed at the end of May 2013. The core of the device was then structurally complete.
(photo: IPP; Anja Ullmann)
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w7x_aussen_1215.jpg
Wendelstein 7-X in December 2015.
(photo: IPP, Torsten Bräuer)
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w7x_torus_aussen_2017
View of Wendelstein 7-X with its numerous diagnostics (April 2017)
(photo: IPP, Jan Michael Hosan)
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W7X_Torus_aussen_2021_Halle.jpg
Wendelstein 7-X in November 2021 photo: IPP, J. Hosan
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Wendelstein 7-X in November 2021 photo: IPP, J. Hosan
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w7x_plasmagefaess.jpg
View into the plasma vessel of Wendelstein 7-X (2015)
(photo IPP, Thorsten Bräuer)
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w7x_plasmagefaess_2017
Assembly of graphite tiles in the plasma vessel of Wendelstein 7-X (2017)
(photo: IPP, Jan Michael Hosan)
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W7X_Plasmagefaess_2021.jpg
Final assembly work in the plasma vessel of Wendelstein 7-X im November 2021 photo: IPP, J. Hosan
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View into the plasma vessel of Wendelstein 7-X (November 2021) photo: IPP, J. Hosan
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w7x_poincare_plot.jpg
Testing of the Wendelstein 7-X magnetic field (July 2015): the fluorescent rod makes closed, nested magnetic surfaces visible – the magnetic field cage for the plasma is exactly as it should be.
(Photo: IPP, Matthias Otte)
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w7x_island_chain.jpg
Flux surface diagnostics for Wendelstein 7-X (July 2015): the photograph combines the tracer of an electron beam on its multiple circulation along a field line through the plasma vessel with the image points left behind by a fluorescent rod which has been moved through the image plane.
(Photo: IPP, Matthias Otte)
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w7x_plasma_15_c.jpg
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10 December 2015: The first plasma in Wendelstein 7-X. It consisted of about one milligram of helium and reached a temperature of one million degrees Celsius. (photo: IPP)
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3 February 2016: The first hydrogen plasma in Wendelstein 7-X. It reached a temperature of 80 million degrees Celsius. (photo: IPP)
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Plasma image from 25 June 2018 photo: IPP/Wigner RCP