Title :
Starlite figures of merit for tokamak current drive-economic analysis of pulsed and steady state power plants with various engineering and physics performance parameters
Author_Institution :
Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA
fDate :
30 Sep-5 Oct 1995
Abstract :
The physics efficiency of current drive (γB∝nI0R0/PCD), including the bootstrap effect, needs to exceed certain goals in order to provide economical steady state operation compared to pulsed power plants. The goal for γB depends not only on engineering performance of the current drive system, but also on normalized beta and the effective safety factor of the achievable MHD equilibrium
Keywords :
economics; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactors; achievable MHD equilibrium; bootstrap effect; economic analysis; economical steady state operation; effective safety factor; engineering performance; engineering performance parameters; normalized beta; physics efficiency; physics performance parameters; pulsed power plants; starlite figures of merit; steady state power plants; tokamak current drive; Costs; Magneto electrical resistivity imaging technique; Physics; Plasma stability; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Safety; Steady-state; Tokamaks;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1995. SOFE '95. Seeking a New Energy Era., 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
Champaign, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2969-4
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1995.534437
