TITLE:
Determination of the Dynamic ITER Energy Confinement Time Scalings
AUTHORS:
Giorgio Sonnino, Alberto Sonnino, Jarah Evslin, Pasquale Nardone, György Steinbrecher
KEYWORDS:
Fusion Reactors, Theory, Design, and Computerized Simulation
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Modern Physics,
Vol.7 No.12,
August
11,
2016
ABSTRACT: We derive the differential equation, which is satisfied by the ITER scalings for the dynamic energy confinement time. We show that this differential equation can also be obtained from the differential equation for the energy confinement time, derived from the energy balance equation, when the plasma is near the steady state. We find that the values of the scaling parameters are linked to the second derivative of the power loss, estimated at the steady state. As an example of an application, the solution of the differential equation for the energy confinement time is compared with the profile obtained by solving numerically the balance equations (closed by a transport model) for a concrete Tokamak-plasma.