Effects of the poloidal variation of the magnetic field ripple on enhanced heat transport in tokamaks

The use of a finite number of coils to generate the toroidal field of a tokamak introduces a magnetic field asymmetry and is responsible for an additional particle trapping that can affect the plasma confinement. The enhanced transport coefficients associated with the ripple-induced drifts have been calculated. The calculations include both the radial and poloidal variation in the magnitude of the field ripple. It is found that the consideration of poloidal variation significantly reduces the ripple-trapped transport but does not affect the banana-drift diffusion. Results relevant to the ORNL Experimental Power Reactor (EPR) reference design are discussed