CTR plasma engineering studies. Annual progress report, 1 October 1979--30 September 1080

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5361875· OSTI ID:5361875

Miley, G H

FY 1980 CTR Plasma Engineering Studies performed at the University of Illinois are reported. Current studies concentrated on four major areas including (i) field-reversed mirror (FRM) and related compact tori, (ii) dynamic behavior of the reversed-field pinch (RFP) including transport and stability and start-up, (iii) plasma buildup in small mirrors by including finite, ion orbit effects as well as the drift cyclotron loss-cone velocity-space diffusion, and (iv) high-energy fusion product transport in non-circular and high-..beta.. tokamaks, alpha ash buildup and possible control in tokamaks. Various computer packages have been produced for FRM, FROP, RFP, small compact tori and non-circular tokamaks. Basic models and the code packages developed and tested with available experiments are of vital information that can be used in conceptual reactor studies for the scaling and prediction of plasma behavior in near-term reactors.

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Fusion Studies Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AS02-76ET52040
• OSTI ID: 5361875
• Report Number(s): COO-2218-162; TRN: 80-012024
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
FIELD-REVERSED MIRROR REACTORS
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REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
TOKAMAK DEVICES
ALPHA PARTICLES
FUSION YIELD
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
REACTOR START-UP
SCALING LAWS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
MAGNETIC MIRROR TYPE REACTORS
NUCLEAR REACTION YIELD
PINCH EFFECT
START-UP
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
YIELDS
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