Explanation of Capacitive Performance of the Plasma in Damavand Tokamak

Shervin Goudarzi¹, Fatemeh Dadgarnejad², Hojat Babaee¹

¹Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Center, Plasma Physics and Nuclear Fusion Research School, Tehran, Iran.
²Nuclear Science & Technology Research Institute, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/ojapps.2015.52004                

Abstract

In this work capacity of tokamak plasma is calculated using modeling of tokamak configuration as toroidal and coaxial capacitor. This value is very important and plays an important role in time- varying regimes in tokamak. For exact simulation of plasma behavior, this amount will be added to circuit equations and transport codes. Since capacitive properties of tokamak cause production of a radial electric field, it deserves our special attention.

Keywords

Tokamak, Capacitive Properties, Radial Electric Field

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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