Initial reversed-field pinch experiments on ZT-40 and recent advances in RFP theory

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:5292904

Baker, D A; Buchenauer, C J; Burkhardt, L C

The ZT-40 reversed-field pinch (RFP) has been operated in several modes: (1) without reversed toroidal field, (2) with self reversal, and (3) with aided reversal. An analytic ohmic heating and ignition model both confirm and provide guidance for transport codes. Nondissipative formation schemes have been analyzed and ideal MHD stable evolution and burn scenarios have been found. Particle and fluid simulations have produced qualitative agreement with respect to the nonlinear behavior of m = 0 resistive g-modes. Helical ohmic reversed field states are produced by a 2-D dynamical simulation, and nonlinear analytic work describes the final state. A fast resistive MHD code for linear stability has clarified the relations between several kinds of resistive instabilities. Ballooning modes and g-modes in systems with arbitrary magnetic shear including resistivity and viscosity, have been studied in a unified treatment with growth rate vs wavenumber showing the existence of important cutoffs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5292904
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-80-1834; CONF-800707-11; TRN: 80-012004
• Resource Relation: Conference: 8. international conference on plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion research, Brussels, Belgium, 1 Jul 1980
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
ZT-40 DEVICES
BALLOONING INSTABILITY
GUIDING-CENTER APPROXIMATION
JOULE HEATING
THERMONUCLEAR IGNITION
TRANSPORT THEORY
ELECTRIC HEATING
HEATING
INSTABILITY
PINCH EFFECT
PLASMA HEATING
PLASMA INSTABILITY
PLASMA MACROINSTABILITIES
RESISTANCE HEATING
700105* - Fusion Energy- Plasma Research- Plasma Kinetics-Theoretical- (-1987)