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Title: UCLA Tokamak Program Close Out Report.

Abstract

The results of UCLA experimental fusion program are summarized. Starting with smaller devices like Microtor, Macrotor, CCT and ending the research on the large (5 m) Electric Tokamak. CCT was the most diagnosed device for H-mode like physics and the effects of rotation induced radial fields. ICRF heating was also studied but plasma heating of University Type Tokamaks did not produce useful results due to plasma edge disturbances of the antennae. The Electric Tokamak produced better confinement in the seconds range. However, it presented very good particle confinement due to an "electric particle pinch". This effect prevented us from reaching a quasi steady state. This particle accumulation effect was numerically explained by Shaing's enhanced neoclassical theory. The PI believes that ITER will have a good energy confinement time but deleteriously large particle confinement time and it will disrupt on particle pinching at nominal average densities. The US fusion research program did not study particle transport effects due to its undue focus on the physics of energy confinement time. Energy confinement time is not an issue for energy producing tokamaks. Controlling the ash flow will be very expensive.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. UCLA/retired
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
University of California, Los Angeles, California
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
Contributing Org.:
UCLA
OSTI Identifier:
1117531
Report Number(s):
DOE-UCLA53225- Final Report
DOE Contract Number:  
FG02-86ER53225
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Fusion, tokamak, Electric Tokamak, H-mode, particle pinch, poloidal rotation

Citation Formats

Taylor, Robert John. UCLA Tokamak Program Close Out Report.. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.2172/1117531.
Taylor, Robert John. UCLA Tokamak Program Close Out Report.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1117531
Taylor, Robert John. 2014. "UCLA Tokamak Program Close Out Report.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1117531. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1117531.
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abstractNote = {The results of UCLA experimental fusion program are summarized. Starting with smaller devices like Microtor, Macrotor, CCT and ending the research on the large (5 m) Electric Tokamak. CCT was the most diagnosed device for H-mode like physics and the effects of rotation induced radial fields. ICRF heating was also studied but plasma heating of University Type Tokamaks did not produce useful results due to plasma edge disturbances of the antennae. The Electric Tokamak produced better confinement in the seconds range. However, it presented very good particle confinement due to an "electric particle pinch". This effect prevented us from reaching a quasi steady state. This particle accumulation effect was numerically explained by Shaing's enhanced neoclassical theory. The PI believes that ITER will have a good energy confinement time but deleteriously large particle confinement time and it will disrupt on particle pinching at nominal average densities. The US fusion research program did not study particle transport effects due to its undue focus on the physics of energy confinement time. Energy confinement time is not an issue for energy producing tokamaks. Controlling the ash flow will be very expensive.},
doi = {10.2172/1117531},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Tue Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2014}
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