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Bathke, C.G.; Krakowski, R.A.; Schoenberg, K.F.
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)1988
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)1988
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[en] The property of reversed-field pinches (RFPs) to relax to a near- minimum-energy state is the basis of oscillating-field current drive (OFCD), wherein plasma current is driven by modulating in quadrature the external toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields. Coupled plasma/circuit OFCD simulations of RFPs ranging from present experiments (ZT-P and ZT-40M) to the reactor (TITAN) indicate that the drive frequency and the amplitude of the plasma-current oscillations decrease with decreased plasma resistance so that minimum frequencies (/approximately/25 Hz) and plasma-current amplitudes (/approximately/1.6%) and maximum efficiencies (/approximately/0.3 A/W) are attained in the reactor regime. Methods for minimizing the reactive powers and for optimizing the current-drive efficiency for OFCD in RFPs have been identified. 15 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab
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1988; 7 p; 8. topical meeting on technology of fusion energy; Salt Lake City, UT (USA); 9-13 Oct 1988; CONF-881031--9; Available from NTIS, PC A02/MF A01; 1 as DE89000388; Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products.
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