Figure of Merit for the Improvement of Confinement in Pulsed Poloidal Current Drive Experiments in Reversed-Field Pinch Devices

摘要

A figure of merit of the operation of the pulsed poloidal current drive (PPCD), which yields a better improvement factor of the energy confinement time, is proposed from the database of the PPCD experiments conducted using three different reversed-field pinch (RFP) machines.