Computation of self-consistent 2-D MHD with neutral-beam and bootstrap currents in elongated plasmas
The observation of substantial current drive from neutral beam injection (NBI) in TFTR, JET and DIII-D has led to renewed interest in a steady state, non-inductively driven tokamak. The discovery of apparently considerable neoclassical (bootstrap) current in TFTR, makes a steady state device even more attractive since the bootstrap portion of the current could be obtained without additional power input. Motivated by these results, we have developed a code, ACCOME, which self-consistently computes the 2-D MHD equilibrium with the current driven by neutral beams, bootstrap and the electric field. In this paper we first describe some details of the code in the next section and in the subsequent section show some applications to DIII-D and to a possible ITER design.
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2009-12-14
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Authors: | Devoto, R.S. ; Tani, K. ; Azumi, M. |
Subject: | plasma physics and fusion technology | NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION | MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS | JET TOKAMAK | TFTR TOKAMAK | TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS | BEAM INJECTION | COMPUTER CODES | FLUID MECHANICS | HYDRODYNAMICS | MECHANICS | THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS | TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS |
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