[HTML][HTML] Characterizing magnetized plasmas with dynamic mode decomposition

AA Kaptanoglu, KD Morgan, CJ Hansen… - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Accurate and efficient plasma models are essential to understand and control experimental
devices. Existing magnetohydrodynamic or kinetic models are nonlinear and …

Solenoid-free plasma start-up in spherical tokamaks

R Raman, VF Shevchenko - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The central solenoid is an intrinsic part of all present-day tokamaks and most spherical
tokamaks. The spherical torus (ST) confinement concept is projected to operate at high …

Dynamic mode decomposition for plasma diagnostics and validation

R Taylor, JN Kutz, K Morgan, BA Nelson - Review of Scientific …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate the application of the Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) for the
diagnostic analysis of the nonlinear dynamics of a magnetized plasma in resistive …

[HTML][HTML] Equilibrium reconstruction with 3D eddy currents in the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment

C Hansen, DP Boyle, JC Schmitt, R Majeski - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Axisymmetric free-boundary equilibrium reconstructions of tokamak plasmas in the Lithium
Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) are performed using the PSI-Tri equilibrium code …

Sustained spheromaks with ideal n= 1 kink stability and pressure confinement

BS Victor, TR Jarboe, CJ Hansen, C Akcay… - Physics of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Increasing the helicity injector drive frequency up to 68.5 kHz on the Helicity Injected Torus-
Steady Inductive (HIT-SI) experiment has produced spheromaks with current amplifications …

[HTML][HTML] Two-temperature effects in Hall-MHD simulations of the HIT-SI experiment

AA Kaptanoglu, TE Benedett, KD Morgan… - Physics of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A two-temperature Hall-magnetohydrodynamic (Hall-MHD) model, which evolves the
electron and ion temperatures separately, is implemented in the PSI-Tet 3D MHD code and …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of injector dynamics during steady inductive helicity injection current drive in the HIT-SI experiment

C Hansen, G Marklin, B Victor, C Akcay, T Jarboe - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We present simulations of inductive helicity injection in the Helicity Injected Torus with
Steady Inductive helicity injection (HIT-SI) device that treats the entire plasma volume in a …

The dynomak: An advanced spheromak reactor concept with imposed-dynamo current drive and next-generation nuclear power technologies

DA Sutherland, TR Jarboe, KD Morgan, M Pfaff… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
A high-β spheromak reactor concept has been formulated with an estimated overnight
capital cost that is competitive with conventional power sources. This reactor concept utilizes …

Numerical studies and metric development for validation of magnetohydrodynamic models on the HIT-SI experiment

C Hansen, B Victor, K Morgan, T Jarboe… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We present application of three scalar metrics derived from the Biorthogonal Decomposition
(BD) technique to evaluate the level of agreement between macroscopic plasma dynamics …

Development of validation metrics using biorthogonal decomposition for the comparison of magnetic field measurements

BS Victor, C Akcay, CJ Hansen… - Plasma Physics and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Helicity Injected Torus-Steady Inductive (HIT-SI) injectors have been operated
experimentally and simulated with a 3D pressureless Hall magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) …