ZT-P: an advanced air core reversed field pinch prototype

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5933501· OSTI ID:5933501

Schoenberg, K F; Buchenauer, C J; Burkhardt, L C; Caudill, L D; Dike, R S; Dominguez, T; Downing, J N; Forman, P R; Garcia, J A; Giger, A J

The ZT-P experiment, with a major radius of 0.45 m and a minor radius of 0.07 m, was designed to prototype the next generation of reversed field pinch (RFP) machines at Los Alamos. ZT-P utilizes an air-core poloidal field system, with precisely wound and positioned rigid copper coils, to drive the plasma current and provide plasma equilibrium with intrinsically low magnetic field errors. ZT-P's compact configuration is adaptable to test various first wall and limiter designs at reactor-relevant current densities in the range of 5 to 20 MA/m/sup 2/. In addition, the load assembly design allows for the installation of toroidal field divertors. Design of ZT-P began in October 1983, and assembly was completed in October 1984. This report describes the magnetic, electrical, mechanical, vacuum, diagnostic, data acquisition, and control aspects of the machine design. In addition, preliminary data from initial ZT-P operation are presented. Because of ZT-P's prototypical function, many of its design aspects and experimental results are directly applicable to the design of a next generation RFP. 17 refs., 47 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5933501
• Report Number(s): LA-10593-MS; ON: DE86007204
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CAMAC SYSTEM
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DESIGN
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
INELASTIC SCATTERING
LIMITERS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PINCH EFFECT
PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS
REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
SCATTERING
SPECTROSCOPY
THERMOCOUPLES
THOMSON SCATTERING
VACUUM SYSTEMS
ZT-P DEVICES