Published August 1994 | Version v1
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Tokamak formation and sustainment by coaxial helicity injection current drive

Creators

  • 1. Washington Univ., Seattle, WA (United States). Aerospace and Energetics Research Program

Description

Experiments characterizing the coaxial helicity source and helicity injection current drive on the Prototype Helicity Injected Tokamak (Proto-HIT) have been performed. Toroidal currents over 30 kA can be sustained for times much greater than the plasma resistive times. The coaxial source operates with a large toroidal field that greatly enhances the source impedance, allowing a high rate of helicity injection (high source voltage) at a low source current (high efficiency), with results showing good agreement with a simple analytical model. (author). 23 refs, 5 figs, 1 tab

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Fusion
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 1111-1119.
ISSN
0029-5515
CODEN
NUFUAU

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
26004004
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HELICITY; NON-INDUCTIVE CURRENT DRIVE; START-UP; TOKAMAK DEVICES
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CURRENTS; DATA; IMPEDANCE; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES