Power supply requirements for a tokamak fusion reactor

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1979

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6227103· OSTI ID:6227103

Brooks, J N; Kustom, R L

The power supply requirements for a 7-M major radius commercial tokamak reactor have been examined, using a system approach combining models of the reactor and poloidal coil set, plasma burn cycle and MHD calculations, and power supply characteristics and cost data. A conventional system using an MGF set and solid-state rectifier/inverter power supplies was studied in addition to systems using a homopolar generator, superconducting energy storage inductor, and dump resistors. The requirements and cost of the power supplies depend on several factors but most critically on the ohmic heating ramp time used for startup. Long ramp times (approx. > 8 s) seems to be feasible, from the standpoint of resistive volt-second losses, and would appear to make conventional systems quite competitive with nonconventional ones, which require further research and development.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6227103
• Report Number(s): ANL/FPP/TM-119
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700203* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Power Supplies
Energy Storage
COST
ELECTRIC COILS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY STORAGE
EQUIPMENT
HEATING
JOULE HEATING
MAGNET COILS
MAGNETIC ENERGY STORAGE
PLASMA HEATING
POWER SUPPLIES
REACTOR START-UP
SPECIFICATIONS
START-UP
STORAGE
SUPERCONDUCTING COILS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS
TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS