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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4226-7
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1997.687804
