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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1076-1081
Plasma Heating and Current Drive — II | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39835
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The confinement capability of the INTOR plasma for achieving ignition and noninductively driven, Q > 5 steady-state operation has been assessed for various energy confinement scaling laws and current drive schemes by using a global power balance model. Plasma operation contours are used to illustrate the boundaries of the operating regimes in density-temperature (n-T) space. Results of the analysis indicate a very restricted capability (if any) for ignition and a limited flexibility in driven modes of operation in the INTOR (8-MA) design. Nearly a factor of two increase in plasma current (through stronger plasma shaping) could improve the feasibility of ignition in INTOR.