• DocumentCode
    2940064
  • Title

    Plasma physics basis and operations of the ARIES-ST tokamak power plant

  • Author

    Mau, T.K. ; Jardin, S.C. ; Kessel, C.E. ; Menard, J. ; Lin-Liu, Y.R. ; Miller, R.L. ; Politzer, P. ; Stambaugh, R.D. ; West, W.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Fusion Energy Res. Program, California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    6-10 Oct 1997
  • Firstpage
    1047
  • Abstract
    ARIES-ST, a fusion power plant design based on the spherical tokamak concept, has many attractive features, including high beta and power density, low magnetic field, high self-driven current, and a compact power core. The physics basis for three aspects of the plasma performance and operation, namely, MHD stability, current drive and profile control, and startup have been investigated during the first phase of the design, and the results to date are reported
  • Keywords
    Tokamak devices; fusion reactor theory; plasma magnetohydrodynamics; plasma toroidal confinement; ARIES-ST; MHD stability; beta; current drive; plasma performance; plasma physics; power density; profile control; self-driven current; startup; tokamak; Coils; Laboratories; Magnetic cores; Magnetohydrodynamics; Physics; Plasma density; Plasma stability; Power generation; Shape; Tokamaks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4226-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FUSION.1997.687804
  • Filename
    687804