Title :
Initial design of the 60 megawatt rotating magnetic field (RMF) oscillator system for the University of Washington "TCS" field reversed configuration experiment
Author :
Reass, W.A. ; Miera, D.A. ; Wurden, G.A.
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents the initial electrical and mechanical design of two phase-locked 30 Megawatt RMS, 150 kHz oscillator systems used for current drive and plasma sustainment of the "translation, confinement, and sustainment" (TCS) field reversed configuration (FRC) plasma. By the application of orthogonally-placed saddle coils on the surface of the glass vacuum vessel, the phase controlled rotating magnetic field perturbation will induce an electric field in the plasma which should counter the intrinsic ohmic decay of the plasma, and maintain the FRC.
Keywords :
fusion reactor design; phase locked oscillators; reversed field pinch; 150 kHz; 30 MW; 60 MW; FRC plasma; TCS field reversed configuration; current drive; electrical design; fusion reactor design; mechanical design; ohmic decay; orthogonally-placed saddle coils; phase-locked oscillator; plasma sustainment; rotating magnetic field oscillator; Circuits; Coils; Impedance matching; Magnetic fields; Oscillators; Plasma applications; Plasma confinement; Plasma waves; Timing; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Fusion Engineering, 1997. 17th IEEE/NPSS Symposium
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4226-7
DOI :
10.1109/FUSION.1997.687083
