Wendelstein 7-X [SEP] manufacturer
Wendelstein 7-X
The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) reactor is an experimental stellarator built in Greifswald, Germany, by the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP), and completed in October 2015. Its purpose is to advance stellarator technology (first conceived by Lyman Spitzer) and though this experimental reactor will not produce electricity, it is used to evaluate the main components of a future fusion power plant; it was developed based on the predecessor Wendelstein 7-AS experimental reactor.
, the Wendelstein 7-X reactor is the largest stellarator device
Wendelstein
Wendelstein may refer to:
- Wendelstein (mountain), a mountain in the Chiemgau
- Wendelstein, Bavaria, a town in the district of Roth in Bavaria, Germany
- two experimental stellarators (nuclear fusion reactors) of the Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik:
- The Wendelstein 7-AS is located in Garching near Munich, Germany
- Its successor, the Wendelstein 7-X operating in Greifswald, Germany