National spherical torus experiment (NSTX) center stack upgrade

  • C. Neumeyer
  • , S. Avasarala
  • , J. Chrzanowski
  • , L. Dudek
  • , H. Fan
  • , R. Hatcher
  • , P. Heitzenroeder
  • , J. Menard
  • , M. Ono
  • , S. Ramakrishnan
  • , P. Titus
  • , R. Woolley
  • , H. Zhan

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Abstract

The purpose of the NSTX Center Stack Upgrade project is to expand the NSTX operational space and thereby the physics basis for next-step ST facilities. The plasma aspect ratio (ratio of plasma major to minor radius) of the upgrade is increased to 1.5 from the original value of 1.26, which increases the cross sectional area of the center stack by a factor of ~ 3 and makes possible higher levels of performance and pulse duration.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2009 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 2009
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Event2009 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 2009 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Jun 1 2009Jun 5 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering

Conference

Conference2009 23rd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period6/1/096/5/09

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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