Frascati Tokamak and plasma focus experiments: design information

Conference · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1974

OSTI ID:4327241

Toschi, R

From international meeting on the technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments and the engineering aspects of fusion reactors; Austin, Texas, USA (20 Nov 1972). In technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion experiments and the engineering aspects of fusion reactors. At the Laboratorio Gas Ionizzati in Frascati (Italy), the technological activities are concentrated mainly on the construction of the Tokamak and the Plasma Focus facilities. The Tokamak facility includes a liquid-nitrogen-cooled toroidal magnet that produces a field of 100 kG on a major radius of 83 cm and a liquidnitrogen-cooled air-core transformer that stores a flux of 3.5 V sec. The plasma current is expected to be of the order of 1 MA (at 9 = 3). Power is supplied by two motor-generator- flywheelrectifier sets of 120 MW and 150 MJ and 30 MW and 55 MJ for the magnet and the transformer, respectively. The Plasma Focus facility includes a fast condenser bank of 1-MJ stored energy and an experimental chamber with a diameter of the order of 1 m; an output of 10/sup 13/ neutrons/pulse in D--D and a plasma current of 6 MA are expected. (auth)

• Research Organization: EURATOM-CNEN, Rome; Texas Univ., Austin (USA)
• NSA Number: NSA-29-030976
• OSTI ID: 4327241
• Report Number(s): CONF-721111--
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

CAPACITORS-- DEUTERIUM-- PLASMA FOCUS DEVICES-- POWER SUPPLIES
MAGNET COILS-- REVIEWS-- TOKAMAK DEVICES
N70800* --Physics--Controlled Thermonuclear Research-- Thermonuclear Engineering & Equipment