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Title: Scientific basis and engineering design to accommodate disruption and halo current loads for the DIII-D tokamak

Abstract

Plasma disruptions and halo current events apply sudden impulsive forces to the interior structures and vacuum vessel walls of tokamaks. These forces arise when induced toroidal currents and attached poloidal halo currents in plasma facing components interact with the poloidal and toroidal magnetic fields respectively. Increasing understanding of plasma disruptions and halo current events has been developed from experiments on DIII-D and other machines. Although the understanding has improved, these events must be planned for in system design because there is no assurance that these events can be eliminated in the operation of tokamaks. Increased understanding has allowed an improved focus of engineering designs.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
425347
Report Number(s):
GA-A-22451; CONF-960944-4
ON: DE97001821; TRN: 97:003060
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-89ER51114
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: SOFT `96: 19. symposium on fusion technology, Lisbon (Portugal), 16-20 Sep 1996; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; DOUBLET-3 DEVICE; PLASMA DISRUPTION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; DESIGN; PLASMA SCRAPE-OFF LAYER

Citation Formats

Anderson, P M, Bozek, A S, Hollerbach, M A, Humphreys, D A, Luxon, J L, Reis, E E, and Schaffer, M J. Scientific basis and engineering design to accommodate disruption and halo current loads for the DIII-D tokamak. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Anderson, P M, Bozek, A S, Hollerbach, M A, Humphreys, D A, Luxon, J L, Reis, E E, & Schaffer, M J. Scientific basis and engineering design to accommodate disruption and halo current loads for the DIII-D tokamak. United States.
Anderson, P M, Bozek, A S, Hollerbach, M A, Humphreys, D A, Luxon, J L, Reis, E E, and Schaffer, M J. 1996. "Scientific basis and engineering design to accommodate disruption and halo current loads for the DIII-D tokamak". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/425347.
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title = {Scientific basis and engineering design to accommodate disruption and halo current loads for the DIII-D tokamak},
author = {Anderson, P M and Bozek, A S and Hollerbach, M A and Humphreys, D A and Luxon, J L and Reis, E E and Schaffer, M J},
abstractNote = {Plasma disruptions and halo current events apply sudden impulsive forces to the interior structures and vacuum vessel walls of tokamaks. These forces arise when induced toroidal currents and attached poloidal halo currents in plasma facing components interact with the poloidal and toroidal magnetic fields respectively. Increasing understanding of plasma disruptions and halo current events has been developed from experiments on DIII-D and other machines. Although the understanding has improved, these events must be planned for in system design because there is no assurance that these events can be eliminated in the operation of tokamaks. Increased understanding has allowed an improved focus of engineering designs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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