Plasma heating with strong poloidal Ohmic currents

D. J. Holly, S. C. Prager, J. C. Sprott

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Abstract

The feasibility of using strong poloidal currents to heat plasmas has been examined experimentally in Tokapole II, operating as a toroidal octupole. The plasma resistivity ranges from that of Spitzer to about 1500 times Spitzer resistivity, as predicted by mirror-enhanced resistivity theory. This allows large powers (approximately 2 MW) to be coupled to the plasma at modest current levels. However, the confinement time is reduced by the heating, apparently due to a combination of the input power location (near the walls of the vacuum tank) and fluctuationenhanced transport.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3435-3439
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics of Fluids
Volume26
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 1983

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Mechanics
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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