Stabilizing windings for tilting and shifting modes

Patent · Tue Oct 09 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6022683

Jardin, S C; Christensen, U R

This invention relates to passive conducting loops for stabilizing a plasma ring against unstable tilting and/or shifting modes. To this end, for example, plasma ring in a spheromak is stabilized by a set of four figure-8 shaped loops having one pair on one side of the plasma and one pair on the other side with each pair comprising two loops whose axes are transverse to each other.

• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Patent Number(s): US 4476085
• Application Number: TRN: 85-010009
• OSTI ID: 6022683
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 26 Feb 1982; Other Information: PAT-APPL-352745
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
PLASMA
STABILIZATION
TILTING INSTABILITY
CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA PRODUCTION
SPHEROMAK DEVICES
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
CONTROL
INSTABILITY
PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
700107* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Instabilities