Title :
National spherical torus experiment (NSTX) Center Stack Upgrade
Author :
Neumeyer, C. ; Avasarala, S. ; Chrzanowski, J. ; Dudek, L. ; Fan, H. ; Hatcher, R. ; Heitzenroeder, P. ; Menard, J. ; Ono, M. ; Ramakrishnan, S. ; Titus, P. ; Woolley, R. ; Zhan, H.
Author_Institution :
Plasma Phys. Lab., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The purpose of the NSTX Center Stack Upgrade project is to expand the NSTX operational space and thereby the physics basis for next-step ST facilities. The plasma aspect ratio (ratio of plasma major to minor radius) of the upgrade is increased to 1.5 from the original value of 1.26, which increases the cross sectional area of the center stack by a factor of ~ 3 and makes possible higher levels of performance and pulse duration.
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor operation; NSTX Center Stack Upgrade project; NSTX operational space; National spherical torus experiment; reactor design; Assembly; Coils; Design engineering; Laboratories; Leg; Physics; Plasma devices; Plasma temperature; Tiles; Toroidal magnetic fields;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 2009. SOFE 2009. 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2635-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2636-2
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226399
