How to retain plasma?

INVENTION:

A method for high-speed determination of the shape of plasma in a tokamak chamber during the divertor phase of plasma discharges

PATENT:

2787571

PATENTEE:

Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)

PURPOSE:

For plasma control in real time

INNOVATION:

The development of new energy sources is the most important area of modern technology development. For a thermonuclear reaction to be energetically profitable and to serve as an energy source, it is necessary to sustainably maintain certain conditions in the high-temperature plasma for the required time. This is a difficult task because the properties of the plasma make it unstable. In the proposed invention the input signals of plasma discharges in the tokamak from magnetic probes and other sensors are subjected to transformation and processing. The solution makes it possible to determine the shape and the position of the plasma so that real time magnetic control of its shape is possible in order to prevent the plasma from becoming unstable and coming into contact with the wall of the plasma chamber.

SCOPE OF APPLICATION:
ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ:

Scientific research of the conditions required for controlled thermonuclear fusion with the use of high-temperature plasma in tokamaks, developments in the field of thermonuclear energy.

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