Published September 1990
| Version v1
Report
Design of the TCV tokamak
Creators
- 1. Ecole Polytechnique Federale, Lausanne (Switzerland). Centre de Recherche en Physique des Plasma (CRPP)
Description
Various studies have shown that a significant improvement in tokamak performance can be obtained by elongating and shaping the cross section of the plasma ring. Plasmas with high elongation are however strongly unstable to the vertical axisymmetric mode and their control is a major problem. The objective of TCV (Tokamak a Configuration Variable Ro=0.88 m, a=0.24 m, b/a up to 3, Btor=1.43 T, Iplasma up to 1.2 MA) presently under construction at the CRPP is to study scenarios for the creation of such plasmas and to evaluate the improvements in plasma parameters such as the maximum plasma current and density, the confinement time and the maximum pressure that can be sustained. (author) 12 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Contributed papers presented at the 16. symposium on fusion technology
- Imprint Pagination
- 25 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 7-11.
- Report number
- LRP--413/90
Conference
- Title
- 16. symposium on fusion technology.
- Dates
- 3 Sep 1990.
- Place
- London (UK).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Switzerland
- Country of Input or Organization
- Switzerland
- INIS RN
- 22013947
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CONFINEMENT TIME; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELONGATION; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA HEATING; PLASMA INSTABILITY; PLASMA PRESSURE; SCALING LAWS; SPECIFICATIONS; THOMSON SCATTERING; TOKAMAK DEVICES
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CONFINEMENT; CURRENTS; DEFORMATION; HEATING; INELASTIC SCATTERING; INSTABILITY; SCATTERING; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES