Alborz tokamak system engineering and design, By Malihe Omrani

Research

Title	Alborz tokamak system engineering and design
Type	Article
Keywords	TokamakToroidal Field (TF)Poloidal Field (PF)Magnetic systemVacuum vesselPre-ionization
Journal	Nuclear Engineering and Design/Fusion
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.02.111
Researchers	d iraji (Second researcher) , maryam ghasemi (Third researcher) , h sadeghi (Fourth researcher) , moslem kazemi (Fifth researcher) , hamidreza mirzaei (Not in first six researchers) , dariush rostamifard (Not in first six researchers) , saeideh kohestani (Not in first six researchers) , mohsen mardeni (Not in first six researchers) , shiva shahshenas (Not in first six researchers) , Malihe Omrani (Not in first six researchers)

Abstract

The design and construction studies of Alborz tokamak have been conducted since 2012 in the Department of Energy Engineering and Physics, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran. Recently, this device has been assembled and initial tests are currently in process. In the present study, the overall configuration, major components, design features as well as the main engineering parameters of this tokamak have been investigated. First, all the magnetic field systems and configurations have been presented in detail. Afterward, the mechanical properties of the vacuum vessel and the designed system to reach the desirable vacuum environment for plasma generation have been addressed. The pre-ionization systems, including hot cathode and ECR methods were also evaluated. Based on the obtained engineering design aspects, it can be argued that Alborz tokamak is in an acceptable condition for the initial phase of its operation to achieve a 20 kA plasma current with 20 ms duration.