Method of sustaining a radial electric field and poloidal plasma rotation over most of the cross-section of a tokamak

Patent · 31 December 1989

OSTI ID:875252

Darrow, Douglass S. ^[1]; Ono, Masayuki ^[2]

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1. Plainsboro, NJ
2. Princeton Jct., NJ

A radial electric field of a desired magnitude and configuration is created hroughout a substantial portion of the cross-section of the plasma of a tokamak. The radial electric field is created by injection of a unidirectional electron beam. The magnitude and configuration of the radial electric field may be controlled by the strength of the toroidal magnetic field of the tokamak.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): H000757
• Application Number: 07/351629
• OSTI ID: 875252
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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