Quasi-steady operation of reversed field pinches

Abstract

A three fluid, Lagrangian mesh, transport and stability code (RFPBRN) has been developed and applied to the Reversed Field Pinch reactor concept. Using a circular cylinder, quasi-static approximation, RFPBRN follows the time evolution of the temperature, density, and magnetic field profiles for the RFP while simultaneously monitoring ideal MHD stability. Local stability is monitored for Suydam modes while global stability is monitored using a Rayleigh-Ritz expansion of the energy principle.

Keywords

PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
PLASMA SIMULATION
REVERSE-FIELD PINCH
ASPECT RATIO
COMPUTER CODES
ION TEMPERATURE
MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA INSTABILITY
TOROIDAL CONFIGURATION
ANNULAR SPACE
CONFIGURATION
INSTABILITY
PINCH EFFECT
SIMULATION
SPACE
* - FUSION ENERGY- PLASMA RESEARCH- PLASMA KINETICS-THEORETICAL- (-1987)

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