DocumentCode
3199455
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
fYear
2009
fDate
1-5 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/FUSION.2009.5226399
Filename
5226399
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