Computer code for the costing and sizing of TNS tokamaks
A FORTRAN code for the COsting And Sizing of Tokamaks (COAST) is described. The code was written to conduct detailed analyses on the engineering features of the next tokamak fusion device following TFTR. The ORNL/Westinghouse study of TNS (The Next Step) has involved the investigation of a number of device options, each over a wide range of plasma sizes. A generalized description of TNS is incorporated in the code and includes refined modeling of over forty systems and subsystems. Considerable detailed design and analyses have provided the basis for the thermal, electrical, mechanical, nuclear, chemical, vacuum, and facility engineering of the various subsystems. Currently, the code provides a tool for the systematic comparison of four toroidal field (TF) coil technologies allowing both D-shaped and circular coils. The coil technologies are: (1) copper (both room temperature and liquid-nitrogen cooled), (2) superconducting NbTi, (3) superconducting Nb/sub 3/Sn, and (4) a Cu/NbTi/ hybrid. For the poloidal field (PF) coil systems copper conductors are assumed. The ohmic heating (OH) coils are located within the machine bore and have an air core, while the shaping field (SF) coils are located either within or outside the TF coils. The PF coil self and mutual inductances are calculated from the geometry, and the PF coil power supplies are modeled to account for time-dependent profiles for voltages and currents as governed by input data. Plasma heating is assumed to be by neutral beams, and impurity control is either passive or by a poloidal divertor system. The size modeling allows considerable freedom in specifying physics assumptions, operating scenarios, TF operating margin, and component geometric and performance parameters. Cost relationships have been developed for both plant and capital equipment and for annual utility and fuel expenses. The code has been used successfully to reproduce the sizing and costing of TFTR in order to calibrate the various models.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (USA). Fusion Power Systems Dept.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5238605
- Report Number(s):
- WFPS-TME-062; CONF-771029-196; TRN: 78-005635
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 7. symposium on fusion research project, Knoxville, TN, USA, 25 Oct 1977
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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