EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

EBookClubs

Read Books & Download eBooks Full Online

Book Collisional Transport of Trace Impurity Ions and the Role of the Radial Electric Field in Spherical Tokamak Plasmas

Download or read book Collisional Transport of Trace Impurity Ions and the Role of the Radial Electric Field in Spherical Tokamak Plasmas written by Christopher G. Wrench and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mitigation and control of impurities, or non-fuel ions, in tokamak plasmas is vital for reducing energy losses and an understanding of impurity transport is required in order to predict the performance of present and future tokamak devices. The development and application of a full orbit, test particle code to the study of the collisional transport of test impurity ions in spherical tokamak plasmas is presented. This code is tested against the standard analytic description of collisional transport in magnetised plasmas and is demonstrated to be particularly suited to the study of the tight aspect ratio of the spherical tokamak design. The principle results of the present work concern the investigation of the role of the radial electric field, a feature of high performance tokamak plasmas, on collisional ion transport. It is found that a static radial electric field leads to a significant reduction in the radial transport of test impurity ions. This effect may be explained in terms of a novel radial drift of the test ions arising due to the introduction of collisional Langevin terms to the full orbit, test particle equations of motion. This has significant implications for the confinement of impurity ions in high performance, steady state tokamak discharges. A scaling of this modification with impurity particle mass and charge numbers is derived analytically and verified numerically and a scaling with electric field parameters is derived numerically. A time dependent radial electric field, which models a number of transient events in tokamak plasmas such as the low- to high-mode transition and edge localised modes, is also investigated and attempts at a preliminary comparison between experimental and numerical observations of impurity transport in spherical tokamak devices is presented.

Book Exploration of Low aspect ratio Tokamak Regimes in CDX U

Download or read book Exploration of Low aspect ratio Tokamak Regimes in CDX U written by Y. S. Hwang and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Pressure driven Transport in the Core of Tokamak Plasmas

Download or read book Pressure driven Transport in the Core of Tokamak Plasmas written by Aaron John Redd and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is experimental and theoretical evidence of anomalous transport near the magnetic axis in tokamak plasmas, a region in which drift modes are linearly stable. Experimental evidence suggests that this additional transport is strongly affected by the plasma geometry (i.e., elongation and triangularity), more so than drift modes[1]. The finite-beta kinetic ballooning instability is predicted to exist close to the magnetic axis and is strongly affected by the plasma geometry. In this study, we explore the properties of the kinetic ballooning mode with the comprehensive electromagnetic kinetic stability calculations of the FULL code. Using FULL, we quantify the parametric dependence of kinetic ballooning transport on various plasma parameters, including the flux-surface elongation and triangularity, the normalized pressure beta and the flux-surface inverse aspect ratio. Based on these stability calculations, an algebraic kinetic ballooning transport model is developed. Also included in this dissertation are two independent studies of transport in tokamak plasmas, carried out with the BALDUR predictive transport code. In the first study, the sensitivity of these transport simulations to boundary and initial conditions is examined. In the second, a transport model developed by Ottaviani, Horton and Erba (OHE) is incorporated into the BALDUR code, and the density and temperature profiles predicted by this model are compared to experiment for a series of experimental discharges.

Book Exploration of Low aspect ratio Tokamak Regimes in the CDX U and TS 3 Devices

Download or read book Exploration of Low aspect ratio Tokamak Regimes in the CDX U and TS 3 Devices written by Y. S. Hwang and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Theory of Fusion Plasmas

    Book Details:
  • Author : Olivier Sauter
  • Publisher : American Institute of Physics
  • Release : 2008-12-02
  • ISBN : 9780735406001
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book Theory of Fusion Plasmas written by Olivier Sauter and published by American Institute of Physics. This book was released on 2008-12-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Joint Varenna-Lausanne International Workshop on Theory of Fusion Plasmas takes place every other year in a place particularly favorable for informal and in depth discussions. Invited and contributed papers present state-of-the art researches in theoretical plasma physics, covering all domains relevant to fusion plasmas. This workshop always allows a fruitful mix of experienced researchers and students, to allow for a better understanding of the key theoretical physics models and applications, such as: Theoretical issues related to burning plasmas; Anomalous Transport (Turbulence, Coherent Structures, Microinstabilities) RF Heating and Current Drive; Macroinstabilities; Plasma-Edge Physics and Divertors; Fast particles instabilities.

Book Fusion Plasma Analysis

    Book Details:
  • Author : Weston M. Stacey
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 1981-02-10
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 408 pages

Download or read book Fusion Plasma Analysis written by Weston M. Stacey and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1981-02-10 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with the physics of magnetically-confined fusion plasmas. Plasma physics is treated as an element in the development of fusion power, with important technological constraints and interactions being included in the analysis. Development of the material starts from the first principles and is carried through to an engineering physics formulation that can be applied to the analysis of fusion reactor plasmas.

Book INIS Atomindeks

Download or read book INIS Atomindeks written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book ERDA Energy Research Abstracts

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Energy Research and Development Administration
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1977
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 900 pages

Download or read book ERDA Energy Research Abstracts written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Introduction to Plasma Physics

Download or read book Introduction to Plasma Physics written by R.J Goldston and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to Plasma Physics is the standard text for an introductory lecture course on plasma physics. The text’s six sections lead readers systematically and comprehensively through the fundamentals of modern plasma physics. Sections on single-particle motion, plasmas as fluids, and collisional processes in plasmas lay the groundwork for a thorough understanding of the subject. The authors take care to place the material in its historical context for a rich understanding of the ideas presented. They also emphasize the importance of medical imaging in radiotherapy, providing a logical link to more advanced works in the area. The text includes problems, tables, and illustrations as well as a thorough index and a complete list of references.

Book ERDA Energy Research Abstracts

Download or read book ERDA Energy Research Abstracts written by United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Technical Information Center and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ideal MHD

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jeffrey P. Freidberg
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2014-06-26
  • ISBN : 1107006252
  • Pages : 743 pages

Download or read book Ideal MHD written by Jeffrey P. Freidberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 743 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive, self-contained, and clearly written, this book describes the macroscopic equilibrium and stability of high temperature plasmas.

Book Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Download or read book Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion written by Francis F. Chen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TO THE SECOND EDITION In the nine years since this book was first written, rapid progress has been made scientifically in nuclear fusion, space physics, and nonlinear plasma theory. At the same time, the energy shortage on the one hand and the exploration of Jupiter and Saturn on the other have increased the national awareness of the important applications of plasma physics to energy production and to the understanding of our space environment. In magnetic confinement fusion, this period has seen the attainment 13 of a Lawson number nTE of 2 x 10 cm -3 sec in the Alcator tokamaks at MIT; neutral-beam heating of the PL T tokamak at Princeton to KTi = 6. 5 keV; increase of average ß to 3%-5% in tokamaks at Oak Ridge and General Atomic; and the stabilization of mirror-confined plasmas at Livermore, together with injection of ion current to near field-reversal conditions in the 2XIIß device. Invention of the tandem mirror has given magnetic confinement a new and exciting dimension. New ideas have emerged, such as the compact torus, surface-field devices, and the EßT mirror-torus hybrid, and some old ideas, such as the stellarator and the reversed-field pinch, have been revived. Radiofrequency heat ing has become a new star with its promise of dc current drive. Perhaps most importantly, great progress has been made in the understanding of the MHD behavior of toroidal plasmas: tearing modes, magnetic Vll Vlll islands, and disruptions.

Book Modern Methods in Collisional Radiative Modeling of Plasmas

Download or read book Modern Methods in Collisional Radiative Modeling of Plasmas written by Yuri Ralchenko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a compact yet comprehensive overview of recent developments in collisional-radiative (CR) modeling of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. It describes advances across the entire field, from basic considerations of model completeness to validation and verification of CR models to calculation of plasma kinetic characteristics and spectra in diverse plasmas. Various approaches to CR modeling are presented, together with numerous examples of applications. A number of important topics, such as atomic models for CR modeling, atomic data and its availability and quality, radiation transport, non-Maxwellian effects on plasma emission, ionization potential lowering, and verification and validation of CR models, are thoroughly addressed. Strong emphasis is placed on the most recent developments in the field, such as XFEL spectroscopy. Written by leading international research scientists from a number of key laboratories, the book offers a timely summary of the most recent progress in this area. It will be a useful and practical guide for students and experienced researchers working in plasma spectroscopy, spectra simulations, and related fields.

Book Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics

Download or read book Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics written by Kenro Miyamoto and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006-10-23 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resulting from ongoing, international research into fusion processes, the International Tokamak Experimental Reactor (ITER) is a major step in the quest for a new energy source.The first graduate-level text to cover the details of ITER, Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics introduces various aspects and issues of recent fusion research activ