Disruption load calculations using ANSYS transient electromagnetic simulations for the Alcator C-Mod antennas

Author

Titus, Peter H.

Author_Institution

Plasma Sci. & Fusion Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

27

Lastpage

30

Abstract

ANSYS has been used to compute eddy current loads in C-Mod antenna components due to a disruption. The antennas are on the outboard mid-plane, away from the direct involvement with halo currents, which characterize loading in the inner divertor and wall. Only inductively driven currents are computed. A rather complex but manageable electromagnetic model is used. Three of the antennas used in C-Mod were analyzed, Lower Hybrid, ICRH, and MHD antennas. The goal of these simulations was principally to quantify upper bound disruption loads.

Keywords

Tokamak devices; antennas in plasma; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor divertors; fusion reactor safety; nuclear engineering computing; plasma electromagnetic wave propagation; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; plasma radiofrequency heating; plasma simulation; plasma transport processes; ANSYS transient electromagnetic simulations; Alcator C-Mod antennas; ICRH antenna; MHD antenna; disruption load calculations; eddy current loads; halo currents; inductively driven currents; inner divertor; lower hybrid antenna; outboard mid-plane; simulations; Antenna accessories; Coils; Computational modeling; Conductivity; Eddy currents; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic transients; Loaded antennas; Magnetohydrodynamics; Plasma simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 2002. 19th Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7073-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.2002.1027634

Filename

1027634