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Merging tokamaks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

N. Ohyabu
Affiliation:
General Atomic Company, San Diego, California
C. L. Hsieh
Affiliation:
General Atomic Company, San Diego, California
T. H. Jensen
Affiliation:
General Atomic Company, San Diego, California

Abstract

The concept of merging tokamak plasmas is proposed. It has potential applications for solving the problems of pseudo steady-state tokamak operation, refuelling, impurity removal and plasma heating. The currents in the two merging tokamak plasmas are in the same direction so that the columns attract each other. A model for the merging process is given.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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