Title :
Tore Supra: advances towards long pulse steady state operation
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Recherches sur la Fusion Controlee, Centre d´´Etudes de Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
fDate :
30 Sep-5 Oct 1995
Abstract :
Recent results regarding steady state noninductive long pulse discharges by using new plasma feedback control systems, the heat and particle exhaust capability of the various actively cooled plasma facing components, radiative layers in the ergodic divertor configuration, improved confinement linked with magnetic shear and progress towards current profile control are reported
Keywords :
Tokamak devices; fusion reactor materials; fusion reactor operation; plasma toroidal confinement; Tore Supra; current profile control; ergodic divertor; heat exhaust; long pulse discharge; magnetic shear; particle exhaust; plasma facing components; plasma feedback control systems; radiative layers; steady state operation; Control systems; Electrons; Fault location; Magnetic confinement; Plasma confinement; Plasma stability; Resonance; Steady-state; Superconducting magnets; Toroidal magnetic fields;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1995. SOFE '95. Seeking a New Energy Era., 16th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Conference_Location :
Champaign, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2969-4
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1995.534327
