DT simulation of ICRF heated supershots in TFTR using TRANSP

Conference · Sat Oct 15 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:7260932

Goldfinger, R C; Batchelor, D B ^[1]; Phillips, C K; Budny, R; Hammett, G W; Hosea, J C; McCune, D M; Stevens, J E; Wilson, J R ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2009, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-8058 (United States)
2. TFTR Team, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543 (United States)

The principal goal of ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) heating on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) is to enhance plasma performance during the deuterium-tritium (DT) physics phase of operations. Strongly centralized ICRF heating may play a critical role in obtaining high Q[sub DT] and high [beta][sub [alpha]] operation in TFTR, as well as in future fusion reactors. ICRF heating of a dilute minority species leads to the formation of an energetic ion population that, in turn, provides strong central electron heating. The corresponding rise in the central electron temperature translates into an increase in the slowing down time of either neutral beam or alpha particles in the discharge. Preliminary DT simulations of the experimental results in deuterium-deuterium (DD) plasmas performed with the TRANSP code are presented in this paper.

• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7260932
• Report Number(s): CONF-9304112--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Journal Volume: 289:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
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NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
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RADIOISOTOPES
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TFTR TOKAMAK
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TRITIUM
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