Global Energy Confinement Scaling Predictions for Tandem Mirrors

摘要

For an MHD stable system, we investigate the interplay between drift wave (ETG and gyro-Bohm) radial transport and axial losses in the GAMMA-10 experimental facility and the proposed kinetically stabilized tandem mirror (KSTM) fusion reactor. Numerical coefficients in the models are taken to be consistent with tokamak and stellarator databases. The trade off between radial losses and the Pastukhov end losses is examined. We propose the use of a genetic algorithm to optimize the fusion power amplification Q = P_(fusion)/P_(injected) as a function of the key system parameters.