Implosion heating in the scyllac fusion test reactor
Abstract
The Scyllac Fusion Test Reactor (SFTR) is a large radius toroidal theta pinch experiment. The SFTR is designed for D-T operation to achieve Q = 1, i.e., the total neutron energy at 20 Me/neutron is equal to the internal energy of the plasma with an expected average confinement time of the plasma in the range of 200 ms. It is one of the most important and technologically challenging systems in the implosion heating system. This system provides the implosion heating field which must rise to approximately 8 kG in 100 to 200 ns and then crow barred with a sufficently long L/R time to allow the compression field to be brought up. The system employs 54-kV capacitors as the energy source arranged in a low inductance configuration in order to obtain a short risetime with a minimum of voltage and energy.
- Publication:
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Presented at the IEEE Sixth Symp. on Eng. Probl. of Fusion Res
- Pub Date:
- 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975eprs.sympQ....L
- Keywords:
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- Fusion Reactors;
- Implosions;
- Plasma Heating;
- Theta Pinch;
- Induction Heating;
- Plasma Physics;
- Shock Waves;
- Toroids;
- Plasma Physics