The tilted-coil concept for advanced tokamak devices

The implications of the adoption of a tokamak’s toroidal field coil characterized by tilting in the azimuthal direction are investigated. The major advantage introduced by tilted coils is that of a drastic reduction over most of the coil section of the electromagnetic forces. As a beneficial side-effect, the tilted coils generate a poloidal field, in addition to the toroidal field. The former advantage allows for a notable simplification of the machine layout, while the poloidal flux generated during the current rise, when used in conjunction with the conventional central solenoid, allows for discharges of much longer duration with respect to those obtainable in tokamaks with conventional (non-tilted legs) coils.