Southwestern Institute of Physics
🇨🇳 Chengdu, CN · Active
Also known as SOUTHWESTERN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
The Southwestern Institute of Physics (SWIP) is a Chinese fusion research institute in Chengdu, Sichuan, operating under the China National Nuclear Corporation. It runs the HL-2A tokamak, built between 1999 and 2002 from the magnet coils and vacuum vessel of the former German ASDEX device, which Wikipedia describes as China's first tokamak with a divertor (a system that removes heat and impurities from the plasma edge). Its larger successor, HL-2M, is a tokamak with copper coils and a major radius of 1.78 metres. It began operating in December 2020 and is used in particular to study how heat is extracted from the plasma.
- Sector
- Fusion
- Role
- Research institute, Operator
It is the operator of record for HL-2A (operating) and HL-2M (operating).
Design values
| Device | Parameter | Value | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HL-2A | Major radius | 1.65 | m | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2A | Minor radius | 0.4 | m | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2A | On-axis magnetic field | 2.8 | T | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2A | Plasma current | 0.48 | MA | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2A | Plasma duration (nominal) | 5 | s | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2M | Major radius | 1.78 | m | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2M | Minor radius | 0.65 | m | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2M | On-axis magnetic field | 3 | T | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2M | Plasma current | 3 | MA | design valueclaimed |
| HL-2M | Plasma duration (nominal) | 10 | s | design valueclaimed |
Devices
Related companies
- CGN
- China Academy of Engineering Physics
- China Huaneng Group
- China Institute of Atomic Energy
- CNNC
- Energy Singularity
- ENN Science and Technology Development
- HHMAX-Energy
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University
- Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sources
- World Survey of Fusion Devices 2022independent
- HL-2Aaggregator
- HL-2Maggregator