Vacuum vessel eddy current modeling for tokamak fusion test reactor adiabatic compression experiments

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986 · Fusion Technol.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5441627

DeLucia, J; Bell, M; Wong, K L

A relatively simple current filament model of the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) vacuum vessel is described. It is used to estimate the three-dimensional structure of magnetic field perturbations in the vicinity of the plasma that arise from vacuum vessel eddy currents induced during adiabatic compression. Eddy currents are calculated self-consistently with the plasma motion. The Shafranov formula and adiabatic scaling laws are used to model the plasma. Although the specific application is to TFTR, the present model is of general applicability.

• Research Organization: Plasma Physics Lab., Princeton Univ., P.O. Box 451, Princeton, NJ 08544
• OSTI ID: 5441627
• Journal Information: Fusion Technol.; (United States), Vol. 10:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
EDDY CURRENTS
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ADIABATIC COMPRESSION HEATING
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COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DISTURBANCES
EQUATIONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
PLASMA FILAMENT
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SCALING LAWS
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
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SIMULATION
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