MHD equilibrium properties of Tokamak fusion reactor designs
Abstract
The equilibrium properties of several Tokamak Reactor Designs were analyzed and compared for varying pressure and current profiles using the Princeton Equilibrium Code. It is found that the UWMAK configuration has a broader range of equilibria than the Princeton Reference Design configuration, but that the safety factor on axis is less than unity for peaked current distributions. The Argonne Experimental Power Reactor has a satisfactory range of equilibria, but a means of limiting or diverting the plasma has not yet been proposed, and this may substantially change the results obtained.
- Publication:
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Presented at the IEEE 6th Symp. on Eng. Problems of Fusion Res
- Pub Date:
- January 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976eprs.symp...18T
- Keywords:
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- Magnetic Fields;
- Magnetohydrodynamics;
- Problem Solving;
- Reactor Design;
- Tokamak Devices;
- Computation;
- Plasmas (Physics);
- Reactor Materials;
- Reactor Technology;
- Plasma Physics