Stellarator-Spheromak

Technical Report · Fri Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/491574· OSTI ID:491574

Moroz, P E ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics

A novel concept for magnetic plasma confinement, Stellarator-Spheromak (SSP), is proposed. Numerical analysis with the classical-stellarator-type outboard stellarator windings demonstrates a number of potential advantages of SSP for controlled nuclear fusion. Among the main ones are: simple and compact magnet coil configuration, absence of material structures (e.g. magnet coils or conducting walls) in the center of the torus, high rotational transform, and a possibility of MHD equilibria with very high {beta} (pressure/magnetic pressure) of the confined plasma.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI (United States). Center for Plasma Theory and Computation
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-97ER54395
• OSTI ID: 491574
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/54395--T1; UW-CPTC--97-2; ON: DE97006589
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
DESIGN
HYBRID SYSTEMS
MAGNET COILS
MHD EQUILIBRIUM
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
SPHEROMAK DEVICES
STELLARATORS