Becausethelargermetallicsurroundsareheatedbytheeddycurrent,whichisgeneratedbytheACcurrentflowingthroughtheACbusbarintheInternationalThermonuclearExperimentalReactor(ITER)poloidalfield(PF)convertersystem,shieldingoftheACbusbarisrequiredtodecreasethetemperatureriseofthesurroundstosatisfythedesignrequirement.ThreespecialtypesofACbusbarwithnaturalcooling,aircoolingandwatercoolingbusbarstructurehavebeenproposedandinvestigatedinthispaper.Foreachcoolingscheme,a3Dfinitemodelbasedontheproposedstructurehasbeendevelopedtoperformtheelectromagneticandthermalanalysistopredicttheiroperationbehavior.Comparingtheanalysisresultsofthethreedifferentcoolingpatterns,watercoolinghasmoreadvantagesthantheotherpatternsanditisselectedtobethethermaldissipationpatternfortheACbusbarofITERPFconverterunit.TheapproachtoqualifythesuitablecoolingschemeinthispapercanbeprovidedasareferenceonthethermaldissipationdesignofACbusbarintheconvertersystem.
