Driver options and burn-cycle selection based on power-reactor considerations

Conference · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6074622

Ehst, D A

Reactor implications for noninductive current drive are presented based on a number of studies. First, the lower hybrid driver for the STARFIRE reactor is discussed and the disadvantages of this driver are reviewed. Next, the results of an extensive search for a better current driver are presented. A large number of alternatives were compared in a common context, the DEMO reactor, in order to examine their suitability on a standard basis. Finally, the methodology of a study, currently in progress, is described. The goals of this last study are to compare tokamak reactor designs optimized for operation under different burn cycles, in order to assess the actual benefits and costs of pulsed versus steady-state operation.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6074622
• Report Number(s): CONF-830452-4; ON: DE83014340
• Resource Relation: Conference: Technical meeting on non-inductive current drive in tokamaks, Abingdon, UK, 18 Apr 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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