Simulation of the breakdown in TEXTOR

Author

Dnestrovskij, Yu.N. ; Lysenko, S.E. ; Tsaun, S.V. ; Vertiporokh, A.N. ; Giesen, B.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Nucl. Fusion, Kurchatov (I.V.) Inst. of Atomic Energy, Moscow, Russia

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

634

Abstract

The optimal conditions of the gas breakdown in the new option of TEXTOR tokamak with increasing flux swing were found. The stray poloidal magnetic field inside the vessel generated by the inductor current was found by numerical solution of the 2D magnetostatic problem. The conditions of the compensation of this field by currents in the poloidal field coils were obtained. The minimal breakdown voltages in the uncompensated and compensated magnetic configurations were calculated

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactors; numerical analysis; plasma simulation; 2D magnetostatic problem; TEXTOR; compensated magnetic configurations; flux swing; gas breakdown simulation; inductor current; minimal breakdown voltages; numerical solution; optimal conditions; poloidal field coils; stray poloidal magnetic field; uncompensated magnetic configurations; Coils; Electric breakdown; Inductors; Iron; Magnetic cores; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Magnetostatics; Permeability; Plasmas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hyannis, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1412-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1993.518410

Filename

518410