27th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering

Session

T.OP3: Project Management and Systems Engineering

T.OP3

6 Jun 2017, 16:00

Marriott Shanghai City Center

213. STATUS ON DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ITER BUILDINGS AND PLANT SYSTEMS

Mr Ingo Kuehn (ITER)

06/06/2017, 16:00

Project management, systems engineering

Invited Oral

The Tokamak Complex building construction is progressing on the ITER site. This consists of the Tokamak building hosting the machine, the Tritium building and the Diagnostic building, together with a wide range of auxiliary buildings, such as those for the heating systems, cryoplant, power supply, control of the entire plant or the assembly of the Tokamak machine. The majority of the auxiliary...

169. Preparation of ITER Tokamak Assembly and Tooling

Mr Jens Reich (ITER Organization)

06/06/2017, 16:20

Project management, systems engineering

Invited Oral

ITER starts assembly! What sounds simple is actually an enormous technical
challenge for the ITER Organization in the coming years. Since 2016, after the design and
manufacture phases of Tokamak components, the project is now entering the assembly
phase step-by-step.
A new organizational structure was put into place to start the preparation,
installation and commissioning of all components and...

238. Assessing Component Suitability and Optimising Plant Design – Alternative Approaches to TRLs

Dr Elizabeth Surrey (UKAEA)

06/06/2017, 16:40

Project management, systems engineering

Oral

Technology Readiness Levels are commonly taken to indicate the “suitability” of a particular component, process, etc. that is part of a larger system. Several versions exist; all assign a simple value (usually 1 to 9) defined in terms of the point in the development and testing cycle that the particular subject has completed. Thus TRL really reflects “maturity” rather than a holistic...

176. Extent of Condition Review of the NSTX-U Project

Mr Charles Neumeyer (PPPL)

06/06/2017, 17:00

Project management, systems engineering

Oral

The National Spherical Torus eXperiment Upgrade (NSTX-U) is an experimental research facility funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) that is operating at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). NSTX-U (http://nstx-u.pppl.gov/home) is the centerpiece of the U.S. ST research program. After commencing operation in 1999 in its original configuration, the...

449. Project co-ordination challenges during W7-X completion

Dr Axel Lorenz (IPP Greifswald)

06/06/2017, 17:20

Project management, systems engineering

Oral

The end of the first operation phase of Wendelstein 7-X, OP1.1, in March 2016 marked the start of an ambitious device completion campaign to install and commission a set of systems and components able to extract and support steady state operation from 2020 when OP2 is planned to start. Challenging assignments need to be completed such as the fabrication and installation of the high heat flux...

355. Early lessons from the application of Systems Engineering at UKAEA

Dan Wolff (UKAEA)

06/06/2017, 17:40

Project management, systems engineering

Oral

UKAEA have now been applying Systems Engineering across a range of projects for a number of years, both directly and indirectly linked to fusion engineering. Systems Engineering has provided a unique perspective from which to solve these complex engineering challenges, bringing together insights from all aspects and disciplines involved. Fundamental functional requirements of the systems have...