Open AccessTwo-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic description of field reversed configuration
Author(s) -
Lulu Li,
Hua Zhong,
X. H. Yang
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.63.165202
Subject(s) - field reversed configuration , inertial confinement fusion , physics , magneto , national laboratory , plasma , fusion , fusion power , field (mathematics) , magnetic field , magnetic confinement fusion , nuclear physics , computational physics , engineering physics , magnet , tokamak , quantum mechanics , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , pure mathematics
Magnetized target fusion (MTF) is an alternative approach to fusion, of which the plasma lifetime and density are those between inertial confinement fusion and magnetic confinement fusion. Field-reversed configuration (FRC) is a candidate target plasma of MTF. In this paper, a two-dimensional magneto-hydrodynamic code MPF-2D is developed, and it is used to simulate the formation process of FRC on experimental devices FRX series at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In addition, design parameters of FRC on Yingguang-1 device are also evaluated, which will be constructed in 2015 at the Institute of Fluid Physics, China Academy of Engineering Physics.