Published 1995 | Version v1
Book

The Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) after four years of operation

  • 1. Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Rome (Italy). Centro Ricerche Frascati

Description

The report presents an overview of the main results obtained with the Frascati Tokamak Upgrade (FTU) machine after four years of operation. Information is given on FTU plasma scenarii (plasma start-up, current ramp-up and ramp down), conditioning of the vacuum chamber, plasma performance during ohmic discharges and commissioning work on additional radiofrequency heating systems. Finally, the major FTU modifications and improvements carried out during the last major shutdown are described

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Imprint Place
Piscataway, NJ (United States)
ISBN
0-7803-2970-8
Imprint Title
1995 IEEE 16. symposium on fusion engineering. Volume 1
Imprint Pagination
886 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 439-442.

Conference

Title
16. IEEE/NPSS symposium on fusion engineering - seeking a new energy ERA (Sofe 95).
Dates
1-5 Oct 1995.
Place
Champaign, IL (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28070218
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CONTROL SYSTEMS; FT TOKAMAK; HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING; LIMITERS; MODIFICATIONS; OPERATION; PELLET INJECTION; PERFORMANCE; REMOTE VIEWING EQUIPMENT; RF SYSTEMS
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; EQUIPMENT; HEATING; PLASMA HEATING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-950905--.