Spheromak reactor-design study

Technical Report · Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5991936· OSTI ID:5991936

Les, J. M.

A general overview of spheromak reactor characteristics, such as MHD stability, start up, and plasma geometry is presented. In addition, comparisons are made between spheromaks, tokamaks and field reversed mirrors. The computer code Sphero is also discussed. Sphero is a zero dimensional time independent transport code that uses particle confinement times and profile parameters as input since they are not known with certainty at the present time. More specifically, Sphero numerically solves a given set of transport equations whose solutions include such variables as fuel ion (deuterium and tritium) density, electron density, alpha particle density and ion, electron temperatures.

• Research Organization: Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-77ET51010
• OSTI ID: 5991936
• Report Number(s): WFPS-TME-81-025; ON: DE82002215; TRN: 82-001409
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
SPHEROMAK DEVICES
DESIGN
ALPHA PARTICLES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ION DENSITY
PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES
REACTOR START-UP
THERMONUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
TRANSPORT THEORY
CHARGED PARTICLES
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
INSTABILITY
OPERATION
PLASMA INSTABILITY
POWER PLANTS
REACTOR OPERATION
START-UP
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
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