Published 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Calculation of the neoclassical conductivity of plasma and fraction of trapped particles for elongated Damavand Tokamak

  • 1. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Nuclear Science anf Technology Research Institute, Plasma and Nuclear Fusion Research Institute, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
  • 2. Sharif University of Technology, School of Electrical Engineering, Tehran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Description

Configuration of Tokamak plasma has a dominant effect on its parameters. In the calculation of transport, there are some transport coefficients and quantities, where the knowledge of their precise values, according to the system of equations, is essential to be realized. Tokamak has a toroidal configuration, in addition to classical effects, it is necessary to study the neoclassical effects due to the field curvature. The trapped particles in strong electromagnetic fields oscillate on banana-shaped orbits which in turn affect many other collisional transport parameters. Here, a precise estimation of trapped particles based on the standard equilibrium model for an elliptical shape of Tokamak plasma has been carried out using Lin-Liu model. It should be added that in this calculation, the profile of the averaged magnetic field on the flux surfaces has been derived using analytical integration and consideration of an elliptic shape for ellipticity function in the limit of large aspect ratio and zero shift of magnetic flux surfaces. Having the fraction of the trapped particles, by ,following the formulation and using an appropriate model in various collisional regimes, the neoclassical conductivity of plasma in Damavand Tokamak is obtained and the respective variations have been found. The presented results can exploit the computation of transport and other quantities of Damavand Tokamak

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Available from Atomic Energy Organization of Iran

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Original title (Persian)
Mohasebe-ye Zarib-e hedayat-e neoclasik ba estefade az Kasr-e zarrat-e be dam oftade bara-ye plasma-ye Tokamak-e keshide-ye Damavand

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology
Journal Issue
no.40
Journal Page Range
p. 25-33
ISSN
1735-1871