Published July 1985
| Version v1
Journal article
Analysis of minority RF heated tokamak plasmas
Creators
- 1. Fusion Studies Laboratory, University of Illinois Urbana, IL
Description
The use of the compressional hydromagnetic (fast wave) mode is examined with respect to heating a minority helium-3 species in a fully catalyzed deuterium tokamak. In this paper we develop a rapid solution to analyze the two dimensional, steady state Fokker-Planck equation, with quasilinear ICRF heating terms. This finite element solution for the minority helium-3 distribution function develops a high, anisotropic in the perpendicular velocity direction, energy tail as a result of ICRH. The rapidity of this method of solution makes it possible to conduct parametric studies which are not possible with other codes
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Fusion Technol.
- Journal Volume
- 8
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- Fusion Technol.
- Journal Page Range
- 641-644
- ISSN
- 0748-1896
- CODEN
- FUSTE
Conference
- Title
- 6. topical meeting on the technology of fusion energy.
- Dates
- 3-7 Mar 1985.
- Place
- San Francisco, CA (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 17075308
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DEUTERIUM; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION; HELIUM 3; ICR HEATING; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; QUASILINEAR PROBLEMS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; CONFINEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FLUID MECHANICS; HEATING; HELIUM ISOTOPES; HIGH-FREQUENCY HEATING; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MECHANICS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASMA HEATING; SIMULATION; STABLE ISOTOPES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-850310--.