The TF ripple experiment modification of the JET toroidal field system

Author

Huart, M. ; Chiron, D. ; Doyle, P. ; Marchese, V. ; Sannazzaro, G. ; Smith, P.G. ; Tubbing, B. ; Zullo, G.

Author_Institution

JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Sep-5 Oct 1995

Firstpage

784

Abstract

The interleaved structure of the TF coils allows to obtain a programmable TF ripple field by feeding the two sub-sets of the TF coils with different currents. This would allow to vary the ripple field within one JET pulse and allow a direct assessment of the increased ripple on confinement time, fast particle losses, plasma rotation and H-mode. The TF ripple experiment (RIPPLE 2) was carried out in the pumped divertor configuration in conditions relevant to ITER. In this configuration, the normal field ripple at the plasma edge is about 0.1%. In the experiment, the ripple field was varied up to 2% at the plasma edge, the plasma current was typically 2-3 MA and the TF field 2-2.5 T

Keywords

fusion reactor design; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactors; plasma boundary layers; plasma flow; plasma instability; plasma toroidal confinement; 2 to 2.5 T; 2 to 3 MA; H-mode; ITER; JET toroidal field system; RIPPLE 2; TF coils; TF ripple experiment modification; confinement time; fast particle losses; increased ripple; interleaved structure; plasma edge; plasma rotation; programmable TF ripple field; pumped divertor configuration; Circuit faults; Coils; Control systems; Diodes; Flywheels; Plasma confinement; Power supplies; Rectifiers; Resistors; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1995.535952

Filename

535952