Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
The application of resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP) to DIII-D plasmas at low collisionality has achieved ELM suppression, primarily due to a pedestal density reduction. The mechanism of the enhanced particle transport is investigated in 3D MHD simulations with the NIMROD code. The simulations apply realistic vacuum fields from the DIII-D I-coils, C-coils and measure intrinsic error fields to an EFIT reconstructed DIII-D equilibrium, and allow the plasma to respond to the applied fields while the fields are fixed at the boundary, which lies in the vacuum region. A non-rotating plasma amplifies the resonant components of the applied fields by factors of 2-5. The poloidal velocity forms E x B convection cells crossing the separatrix, which push particles into the vacuum region and reduce the pedestal density. Low toroidal rotation at the separatrix reduces the resonant field amplitudes, but does not strongly affect the particle pumpout. At higher separatrix rotation, the poloidal E x B velocity is reduced by half, while the enhanced particle transport is entirely eliminated. A high collisionality DIII-D equilibrium with an experimentally measured rotation profile serves as the starting point for a simulation with odd parity I-coil fields that can ultimately be compared with experimental results. All of the NIMROD results are compared with analytic error field theory.
RMP Enhanced Transport and Rotation Screening in DIII-D Simulations
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
The application of resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP) to DIII-D plasmas at low collisionality has achieved ELM suppression, primarily due to a pedestal density reduction. The mechanism of the enhanced particle transport is investigated in 3D MHD simulations with the NIMROD code. The simulations apply realistic vacuum fields from the DIII-D I-coils, C-coils and measure intrinsic error fields to an EFIT reconstructed DIII-D equilibrium, and allow the plasma to respond to the applied fields while the fields are fixed at the boundary, which lies in the vacuum region. A non-rotating plasma amplifies the resonant components of the applied fields by factors of 2-5. The poloidal velocity forms E x B convection cells crossing the separatrix, which push particles into the vacuum region and reduce the pedestal density. Low toroidal rotation at the separatrix reduces the resonant field amplitudes, but does not strongly affect the particle pumpout. At higher separatrix rotation, the poloidal E x B velocity is reduced by half, while the enhanced particle transport is entirely eliminated. A high collisionality DIII-D equilibrium with an experimentally measured rotation profile serves as the starting point for a simulation with odd parity I-coil fields that can ultimately be compared with experimental results. All of the NIMROD results are compared with analytic error field theory.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
The application of resonant magnetic perturbations (RMP) to DIII-D plasmas at low collisionality has achieved ELM suppression, primarily due to a pedestal density reduction. The mechanism of the enhanced particle transport is investigated in 3D MHD simulations with the NIMROD code. The simulations apply realistic vacuum fields from the DIII-D I-coils, C-coils and measure intrinsic error fields to an EFIT reconstructed DIII-D equilibrium, and allow the plasma to respond to the applied fields while the fields are fixed at the boundary, which lies in the vacuum region. A non-rotating plasma amplifies the resonant components of the applied fields by factors of 2-5. The poloidal velocity forms E x B convection cells crossing the separatrix, which push particles into the vacuum region and reduce the pedestal density. Low toroidal rotation at the separatrix reduces the resonant field amplitudes, but does not strongly affect the particle pumpout. At higher separatrix rotation, the poloidal E x B velocity is reduced by half, while the enhanced particle transport is entirely eliminated. A high collisionality DIII-D equilibrium with an experimentally measured rotation profile serves as the starting point for a simulation with odd parity I-coil fields that can ultimately be compared with experimental results. All of the NIMROD results are compared with analytic error field theory.
Nuclear Fusion
Fusion energy program
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 826
Book Description
Theory of Fusion Plasmas
Author: Olivier Sauter
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
ISBN: 9780735406001
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
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.
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
ISBN: 9780735406001
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
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.
Plasma Science
Author: National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780309677608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Plasma Science and Engineering transforms fundamental scientific research into powerful societal applications, from materials processing and healthcare to forecasting space weather. Plasma Science: Enabling Technology, Sustainability, Security and Exploration discusses the importance of plasma research, identifies important grand challenges for the next decade, and makes recommendations on funding and workforce. This publication will help federal agencies, policymakers, and academic leadership understand the importance of plasma research and make informed decisions about plasma science funding, workforce, and research directions.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780309677608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Plasma Science and Engineering transforms fundamental scientific research into powerful societal applications, from materials processing and healthcare to forecasting space weather. Plasma Science: Enabling Technology, Sustainability, Security and Exploration discusses the importance of plasma research, identifies important grand challenges for the next decade, and makes recommendations on funding and workforce. This publication will help federal agencies, policymakers, and academic leadership understand the importance of plasma research and make informed decisions about plasma science funding, workforce, and research directions.
Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics
Author: Kenro Miyamoto
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781584887096
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
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 activities through the shortest access path. The distinguished author breaks down the topic by first dealing with fusion and then concentrating on the more complex subject of plasma physics. The book begins with the basics of controlled fusion research, followed by discussions on tokamaks, reversed field pinch (RFP), stellarators, and mirrors. The text then explores ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities, resistive instabilities, neoclassical tearing mode, resistive wall mode, the Boltzmann equation, the Vlasov equation, and Landau damping. After covering dielectric tensors of cold and hot plasmas, the author discusses the physical mechanisms of wave heating and noninductive current drive. The book concludes with an examination of the challenging issues of plasma transport by turbulence, such as magnetic fluctuation and zonal flow. Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics clearly and thoroughly promotes intuitive understanding of the developments of the principal fusion programs and the relevant fundamental and advanced plasma physics associated with each program.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9781584887096
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
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 activities through the shortest access path. The distinguished author breaks down the topic by first dealing with fusion and then concentrating on the more complex subject of plasma physics. The book begins with the basics of controlled fusion research, followed by discussions on tokamaks, reversed field pinch (RFP), stellarators, and mirrors. The text then explores ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities, resistive instabilities, neoclassical tearing mode, resistive wall mode, the Boltzmann equation, the Vlasov equation, and Landau damping. After covering dielectric tensors of cold and hot plasmas, the author discusses the physical mechanisms of wave heating and noninductive current drive. The book concludes with an examination of the challenging issues of plasma transport by turbulence, such as magnetic fluctuation and zonal flow. Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics clearly and thoroughly promotes intuitive understanding of the developments of the principal fusion programs and the relevant fundamental and advanced plasma physics associated with each program.
Introduction to Modeling and Control of Internal Combustion Engine Systems
Author: Lino Guzzella
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662080036
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Internal combustion engines still have a potential for substantial improvements, particularly with regard to fuel efficiency and environmental compatibility. These goals can be achieved with help of control systems. Modeling and Control of Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) addresses these issues by offering an introduction to cost-effective model-based control system design for ICE. The primary emphasis is put on the ICE and its auxiliary devices. Mathematical models for these processes are developed in the text and selected feedforward and feedback control problems are discussed. The appendix contains a summary of the most important controller analysis and design methods, and a case study that analyzes a simplified idle-speed control problem. The book is written for students interested in the design of classical and novel ICE control systems.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662080036
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
Internal combustion engines still have a potential for substantial improvements, particularly with regard to fuel efficiency and environmental compatibility. These goals can be achieved with help of control systems. Modeling and Control of Internal Combustion Engines (ICE) addresses these issues by offering an introduction to cost-effective model-based control system design for ICE. The primary emphasis is put on the ICE and its auxiliary devices. Mathematical models for these processes are developed in the text and selected feedforward and feedback control problems are discussed. The appendix contains a summary of the most important controller analysis and design methods, and a case study that analyzes a simplified idle-speed control problem. The book is written for students interested in the design of classical and novel ICE control systems.
Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports
Iter Physics
Author: C Wendell Horton, Jr
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814678686
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The promise of a vast and clean source of thermal power drove physics research for over fifty years and has finally come to collimation with the international consortium led by the European Union and Japan, with an agreement from seven countries to build a definitive test of fusion power in ITER. It happened because scientists since the Manhattan project have envisioned controlled nuclear fusion in obtaining energy with no carbon dioxide emissions and no toxic nuclear waste products.This large toroidal magnetic confinement ITER machine is described from confinement process to advanced physics of plasma-wall interactions, where pulses erupt from core plasma blistering the machine walls. Emissions from the walls reduce the core temperature which must remain ten times hotter than the 15 million degree core solar temperature to maintain ITER fusion power. The huge temperature gradient from core to wall that drives intense plasma turbulence is described in detail.Also explained are the methods designed to limit the growth of small magnetic islands, the growth of edge localized plasma plumes and the solid state physics limits of the stainless steel walls of the confinement vessel from the burning plasma. Designs of the wall coatings and the special 'exhaust pipe' for spent hot plasma are provided in two chapters. And the issues associated with high-energy neutrons — about 10 times higher than in fission reactions — and how they are managed in ITER, are detailed.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814678686
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The promise of a vast and clean source of thermal power drove physics research for over fifty years and has finally come to collimation with the international consortium led by the European Union and Japan, with an agreement from seven countries to build a definitive test of fusion power in ITER. It happened because scientists since the Manhattan project have envisioned controlled nuclear fusion in obtaining energy with no carbon dioxide emissions and no toxic nuclear waste products.This large toroidal magnetic confinement ITER machine is described from confinement process to advanced physics of plasma-wall interactions, where pulses erupt from core plasma blistering the machine walls. Emissions from the walls reduce the core temperature which must remain ten times hotter than the 15 million degree core solar temperature to maintain ITER fusion power. The huge temperature gradient from core to wall that drives intense plasma turbulence is described in detail.Also explained are the methods designed to limit the growth of small magnetic islands, the growth of edge localized plasma plumes and the solid state physics limits of the stainless steel walls of the confinement vessel from the burning plasma. Designs of the wall coatings and the special 'exhaust pipe' for spent hot plasma are provided in two chapters. And the issues associated with high-energy neutrons — about 10 times higher than in fission reactions — and how they are managed in ITER, are detailed.
Computational Methods in Plasma Physics
Author: Stephen Jardin
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439810958
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Assuming no prior knowledge of plasma physics or numerical methods, Computational Methods in Plasma Physics covers the computational mathematics and techniques needed to simulate magnetically confined plasmas in modern magnetic fusion experiments and future magnetic fusion reactors. Largely self-contained, the text presents the basic concepts neces
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1439810958
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Assuming no prior knowledge of plasma physics or numerical methods, Computational Methods in Plasma Physics covers the computational mathematics and techniques needed to simulate magnetically confined plasmas in modern magnetic fusion experiments and future magnetic fusion reactors. Largely self-contained, the text presents the basic concepts neces