CTR plasma engineering studies. Annual progress report, 1 October 1980-30 September 1981

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6497062

Miley, G H

During FY 81 much of the effort has been directed at the development of new models and codes involving the following three areas: (1) a 1 1/2-D code for startup and burn studies of high-..beta.. systems such as the spheromak and reversed field pinch (RFP); (2) a 1-D code for analysis of field reversed theta pinch (FR theta P) systems including scale up of present experiments and pilot reactor concepts; and (3) a dynamic burn code for analysis of pulsed systems such as the moving plasmoid reactor (MPR), including provisions for detailed treatment of high-energy particle slowing. Also refinement and extension of the continued work were performed on electric field control of impurity transport, 1-D radial hybrid start-up code for field-reversed mirror systems, nuclear elastic scattering and anomalous slowing effects on fusion product transport along with RFP start-up. Major findings and computer packages developed and tested with the corresponding systems are of vital information that can be used and compared for plasma behavior in the near-term systems.

• Research Organization: Illinois Univ., Urbana (USA). Fusion Studies Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AS02-76ET52040
• OSTI ID: 6497062
• Report Number(s): DOE/ET/52040-T2; COO-2218-216; TRN: 81-011012
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SPHEROMAK DEVICES
BURNUP
COMPUTER CALCULATIONS
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PLASMOIDS
REACTOR START-UP
THETA PINCH
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
OPERATION
PINCH EFFECT
REACTOR OPERATION
START-UP
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
TOKAMAK DEVICES
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