Ion thermal conductivity for a pure tokamak plasma

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5601716

Bolton, C; Ware, A

The neoclassical and Pfirsch-Schlueter component of the ion heat conduction for a pure hydrogen Tokamak plasma are recalculated without assuming large aspect ratio and without neglecting energy scattering collisions. Using a model collision operator the conductivity is determined numerically for various collision frequencies and aspect ratios. An approximate algebraic expression is fitted to the results. Even for comparatively large aspect ratios(approx. 10) energy scattering increases the conductivity in the banana regime by about 50% and for small aspect ratios(approx. 3.3) the Pfirsch-Schlueter contribution causes a further increase of approximately 60%.

• Research Organization: Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Fusion Research Center
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76ET53036
• OSTI ID: 5601716
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/53036-32; ON: DE82007781
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BANANA REGIME
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN
ION TEMPERATURE
NEOCLASSICAL TRANSPORT THEORY
NONMETALS
PFIRSCH-SCHLUETER REGIME
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PLASMA
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
TRANSPORT THEORY
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