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Title: One dimensional global and local solution for ICRF heating

Abstract

A numerical code GLOSI [Global and Local One-dimensional Solution for Ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) heating] is developed to solve one-dimensional wave equations resulting from the use of radio frequency (RF) waves to heat plasmas. The code uses a finite difference method. Due to its numerical stability, the code can be used to find both global and local solutions when imposed with appropriate boundary conditions. Three types of boundary conditions are introduced to describe wave scattering, antenna wave excitation, and fixed tangential wave magnetic field. The scattering boundary conditions are especially useful for local solutions. The antenna wave excitation boundary conditions can be used to excite fast and slow waves in a plasma. The tangential magnetic field boundary conditions are used to calculate impedance matrices, which describe plasma and antenna coupling and can be used by an antenna code to calculate antenna loading. These three types of boundary conditions can also be combined to describe various physical situations in RF plasma heating. The code also includes plasma thermal effects and calculates collisionless power absorption and kinetic energy flux. The plasma current density is approximated by a second-order Larmor radius expansion, which results in a sixth-order ordinary differential equation.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10121297
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-12923
ON: DE95007984; TRN: 95:002394
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Feb 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ICR HEATING; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; G CODES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; 700350; PLASMA PRODUCTION, HEATING, CURRENT DRIVE, AND INTERACTIONS

Citation Formats

Wang, C Y, Batchelor, D B, Jaeger, E F, and Carter, M D. One dimensional global and local solution for ICRF heating. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/10121297.
Wang, C Y, Batchelor, D B, Jaeger, E F, & Carter, M D. One dimensional global and local solution for ICRF heating. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10121297
Wang, C Y, Batchelor, D B, Jaeger, E F, and Carter, M D. 1995. "One dimensional global and local solution for ICRF heating". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10121297. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10121297.
@article{osti_10121297,
title = {One dimensional global and local solution for ICRF heating},
author = {Wang, C Y and Batchelor, D B and Jaeger, E F and Carter, M D},
abstractNote = {A numerical code GLOSI [Global and Local One-dimensional Solution for Ion cyclotron range of frequencies (ICRF) heating] is developed to solve one-dimensional wave equations resulting from the use of radio frequency (RF) waves to heat plasmas. The code uses a finite difference method. Due to its numerical stability, the code can be used to find both global and local solutions when imposed with appropriate boundary conditions. Three types of boundary conditions are introduced to describe wave scattering, antenna wave excitation, and fixed tangential wave magnetic field. The scattering boundary conditions are especially useful for local solutions. The antenna wave excitation boundary conditions can be used to excite fast and slow waves in a plasma. The tangential magnetic field boundary conditions are used to calculate impedance matrices, which describe plasma and antenna coupling and can be used by an antenna code to calculate antenna loading. These three types of boundary conditions can also be combined to describe various physical situations in RF plasma heating. The code also includes plasma thermal effects and calculates collisionless power absorption and kinetic energy flux. The plasma current density is approximated by a second-order Larmor radius expansion, which results in a sixth-order ordinary differential equation.},
doi = {10.2172/10121297},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10121297}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}