Progress in the engineering design of the National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX)

Technical Report · Fri Jan 21 00:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/750332· OSTI ID:750332

Reiersen, W T; Brooks, A; Brown, T ^[1]

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The National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX) is a proof-of-principle experiment whose objective is to demonstrate high beta operation in a quasi-axisymmetric stellarator. NCSX will be housed in the Princeton Beta Experiment (PBX-M) test cell. Many of the existing site assets including the test cell, TF and PF coils, power supplies, neutral beam heating systems, and site utilities can be re-used, minimizing the cost of the project. Saddle coils are used in the reference design. The stellarator core is pre-fabricated and dropped into place on the PBX-M platform. The existing TF and PF coils are then reassembled around the stellarator core. Alternate coil topologies are also being explored.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 750332
• Report Number(s): PPPL-3425; TRN: US0000747
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 21 Jan 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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