Toroidal Coil Technology: Recent Breakthroughs

Recently, the toroidal coil industry has come up in the news. A landmark prototype is being created, a full-size super-conducting prototype of a double pancake toroidal. In this, there will be seven double pancakes totaling out to 19 toroidal field coils. The double pancakes are constructed from stainless steel are formed into a D-shaped pattern. The impressive conductor utilizes over 1,000 superconducting and copper wires. The entire system will run at 68.000 amps of electricity. It will create a magnetic field that will hold plasma. To control...

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The Power of Transformers and Polyphase Transmission

For the most part, we do not stop to think about transformers and how they really make our lives so much easier. This is probably because they are easily overlooked when everything is working the way it should, but it becomes very apparent when one stops functioning properly. We usually consider a downed power line a hassle because it takes a couple hours to fix, but a broken transformer could take several days to repair. What are these often overlooked but extremely important devices? Transformers are used to control the electrical power we use....

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