Properties of a new quasi-axisymmetric configuration
| Autor: | Yuri Turkin, Joaquim Loizu, C. Nührenberg, Per Helander, S. A. Henneberg, Michael Drevlak, C. D. Beidler |
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| Předmět: |
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Tokamak design Rotational symmetry Flux FOS: Physical sciences quasi-axisymmetry 01 natural sciences 7. Clean energy 010305 fluids & plasmas law.invention stellarator law Physics::Plasma Physics 0103 physical sciences Magnetohydrodynamic drive stellarator design study transport-coefficients 010306 general physics symmetry Physics magnetic-field mode Plasma Mechanics Condensed Matter Physics Physics - Plasma Physics Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) Volume (thermodynamics) Electromagnetic coil stellarator optimization Magnetohydrodynamics |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Fusion |
| ISSN: | 0029-5515 0741-3335 0034-4885 |
| Popis: | A novel, compact, quasi-axisymmetric configuration is presented which exhibits low fast-particle losses and is stable to ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities. The design has fast-particle loss rates below 8% for flux surfaces within the half-radius, and is shown to have a MHD stability limit of a normalized pressure of = 3%, where is volume averaged. The flux surfaces at various plasma betas and currents as calculated using the SPEC equilibrium code (Loizu et al 2016 Phys. Plasmas 23 112505) are presented. Neoclassical transport coefficients are shown to be similar to an equivalent tokamak, with a distinct banana regime at half-radius. An initial coil design study is presented to assess the feasibility of this configuration as a fusion-relevant experiment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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