Fast magnetosonic wave heating of the NUWMAK tokamak reactor

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6131729

Scharer, J E; Blackfield, D T; Beyer, J B; Mau, T K

Radiofrequency (rf) coupling and heating to ignition of a conceptual tokamak fusion reactor by means of the fast magnetosonic wave at the second ion cyclotron harmonic are discussed. First, the current status of fast magnetosonic wave propagation and heating, mode conversion, and eigenmode theory is briefly reviewed. Next, a space-averaged, time-dependent startup model is used to describe the role of rf heating for ignition of a tokamak reactor. The computational code simultaneously solves the ion and electron energy balance equations. Conduction, convection, and radiative losses are compared with the ion and electron wave heating mechanisms together with alpha-particle heating resulting from fusion reactions.

• Research Organization: Wisconsin Univ., Madison (USA). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
• DOE Contract Number: ET-78-S-02-4636
• OSTI ID: 6131729
• Report Number(s): UWFDM-227
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700101* -- Fusion Energy-- Plasma Research-- Confinement
Heating
& Production
ALPHA PARTICLES
CHARGED PARTICLES
COUPLING
EIGENVALUES
ENERGY BALANCE
ENERGY LOSSES
HEATING
HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING
HYDROMAGNETIC WAVES
ICR HEATING
LOSSES
MAGNETOACOUSTIC WAVES
NUMAK REACTORS
PLASMA HEATING
REACTOR START-UP
START-UP
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS
WAVE PROPAGATION