Study of Plasma Disruption During the Ignited Phase in a Single-Turn Tokamak Fusion Experiment

J. Q. Dong1; E. Montalvo; R. Carrera; R. Khayrutdinov2; F. J. Helton3; M. N. Rosenbluth4

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29519

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Study of Plasma Disruption During the Ignited Phase in a Single-Turn Tokamak Fusion Experiment

J. Q. Dong1, E. Montalvo, R. Carrera, R. Khayrutdinov2, F. J. Helton3, M. N. Rosenbluth4

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 19 / Number 3P2A / May 1991 / Pages 1290-1295

Result of Large Experiment and Plasma Engineering / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29519

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Major disruptions are an important impediment to improve tokamak plasma performance and a critical design consideration of tokamak ignition devices. Ignited plasma disruptions are studied in the IGNITEX experiment. A two-phase (energy quench followed by current decay) disruption is phcnomenologically simulated and its effects on the conducting structures are analyzed. Various disruption conditions are studied. The effects of the single-turn TF magnet system are taken into account. The implications on the IGNITEX machine design are discussed.