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Title: Vessel Eddy Current Measurement for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)

Abstract

A simple analog circuit that measures the NSTX axisymmetric eddy current distribution has been designed and constructed. It is based on simple circuit model of the NSTX vacuum vessel that was calibrated using a special axisymmetric eddy current code which was written so that accuracy was maintained in the vicinity of the current filaments. The measurement and the model have been benchmarked against data from numerous vacuum shots and they are in excellent agreement. This is an important measurement that helps give more accurate equilibrium reconstructions.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
836475
Report Number(s):
PPPL-4025
TRN: US0500629
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH03073
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 19 Nov 2004
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ACCURACY; DISTRIBUTION; EDDY CURRENTS; DIAGNOSTICS; RESEARCH DEVICES; ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING

Citation Formats

Gates, D A, Menard, J, and Marsala, R. Vessel Eddy Current Measurement for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX). United States: N. p., 2004. Web. doi:10.2172/836475.
Gates, D A, Menard, J, & Marsala, R. Vessel Eddy Current Measurement for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX). United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/836475
Gates, D A, Menard, J, and Marsala, R. 2004. "Vessel Eddy Current Measurement for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/836475. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/836475.
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title = {Vessel Eddy Current Measurement for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX)},
author = {Gates, D A and Menard, J and Marsala, R},
abstractNote = {A simple analog circuit that measures the NSTX axisymmetric eddy current distribution has been designed and constructed. It is based on simple circuit model of the NSTX vacuum vessel that was calibrated using a special axisymmetric eddy current code which was written so that accuracy was maintained in the vicinity of the current filaments. The measurement and the model have been benchmarked against data from numerous vacuum shots and they are in excellent agreement. This is an important measurement that helps give more accurate equilibrium reconstructions.},
doi = {10.2172/836475},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2004},
month = {Fri Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2004}
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