The Ignitor experiment

Author

Carpignano, F. ; Coppi, B. ; Nassi, M.

Author_Institution

MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

421

Abstract

Ignitor is a compact high magnetic field machine with tight aspect ratio, where large plasma currents can be produced. High plasma densities, strong ohmic heating, good confinement of particles and energy, adequate plasma purity, and stability against ideal and resistive instabilities are expected on the basis of the machine characteristics. The main goals of the machine are the confinement of the fusion produced α-particles and the heating of D-T plasmas up to ignition at relatively low peak temperatures (T_e0≃T _i0≲15 keV) by ohmic heating. An ICRH system with P_RF≲18 MW is adopted to accelerate the approach to D-T burn conditions and control at the same time the evolution of the current density, to produce significant fusion power in D-³He plasmas, and to investigate the access to the high-β second stability region. The main machine components are described

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor ignition; fusion reactors; plasma density; plasma instability; plasma ohmic heating; plasma radiofrequency heating; plasma toroidal confinement; 15 keV; 18 MW; D-³He plasmas; DHe; DT; ICRH system; Ignitor experiment; burn conditions; compact high magnetic field machine; confinement; current density evolution control; fusion power; fusion produced α-particles; fusion reactor; high plasma densities; high-β second stability region; ideal instabilities; ion cyclotron resonance heating; low peak temperatures; machine components; plasma currents; plasma purity; resistive instabilities; strong ohmic heating; tight aspect ratio; Heating; Ignition; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic fields; Plasma accelerators; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma properties; Plasma stability; Plasma temperature;

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.1993.518363

Filename

518363