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Title: Vessel Eddy Current Measurement for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/836475· OSTI ID:836475

A simple analog circuit that measures the NSTX axisymmetric eddy current distribution has been designed and constructed. It is based on simple circuit model of the NSTX vacuum vessel that was calibrated using a special axisymmetric eddy current code which was written so that accuracy was maintained in the vicinity of the current filaments. The measurement and the model have been benchmarked against data from numerous vacuum shots and they are in excellent agreement. This is an important measurement that helps give more accurate equilibrium reconstructions.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03073
OSTI ID:
836475
Report Number(s):
PPPL-4025; TRN: US0500629
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 19 Nov 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English