The reversed field pinch

L Marrelli, P Martin, ME Puiatti, JS Sarff… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews the research on the reversed field pinch (RFP) in the last three decades.
Substantial experimental and theoretical progress and transformational changes have been …

Upgrades of the RFX-mod reversed field pinch and expected scenario improvements

L Marrelli, R Cavazzana, D Bonfiglio, M Gobbin… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
RFX-mod is a Reversed Field Pinch device that allowed performing experiments in regimes
with a plasma current up to 2 MA, thanks to its MHD active control system. Experiments have …

[HTML][HTML] An upgrade of the magnetic diagnostic system of the DIII-D tokamak for non-axisymmetric measurements

JD King, EJ Strait, RL Boivin, D Taussig… - Review of Scientific …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The DIII-D tokamak magnetic diagnostic system [EJ Strait, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 77, 023502
(2006)] has been upgraded to significantly expand the measurement of the plasma …

Beyond the intelligent shell concept: the clean-mode-control

P Zanca, L Marrelli, G Manduchi, G Marchiori - Nuclear Fusion, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Due to their discrete nature, a grid of active coils for the feedback control of plasma
instabilities produces an infinite sequence of sideband harmonics in the magnetic field. If the …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic control of magnetohydrodynamic instabilities in tokamaks

EJ Strait - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Externally applied, non-axisymmetric magnetic fields form the basis of several relatively
simple and direct methods to control magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) instabilities in a …

An overview of diagnostic upgrade and experimental progress in the KTX

W Liu, W Mao, T Lan, G Zhuang, J Zheng… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Keda Torus eXperiment (KTX) is still operated in the commissioning phase,
and preparation for the operation capability of the KTX phase II upgrade is underway. The …

Magnetic order and confinement improvement in high-current regimes of RFX-mod with MHD feedback control

P Piovesan, M Zuin, A Alfier, D Bonfiglio… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The RFX-mod machine (Sonato et al 2003 Fusion Eng. Des. 66 161) recently achieved, for
the first time in a reversed-field pinch, high plasma current up to 1.6 MA with good …

Magnetohydrodynamics modelling successfully predicts new helical states in reversed-field pinch fusion plasmas

M Veranda, D Bonfiglio, S Cappello, DF Escande… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Nonlinear fluid modelling predictions of qualitatively new self-organized helical states in the
reversed-field pinch configuration are confirmed by experiments in the RFX-mod device. The …

The new vessel complex for the RFX-mod2 experiment: An effective synergy between fusion research and technological development

S Peruzzo, D Aprile, M Dalla Palma, M Pavei… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A substantial modification of the toroidal complex of the RFX experiment, named RFX-mod2,
is currently under completion, involving the whole core system of the machine and in …

Realizing steady-state tokamak operation for fusion energy

TC Luce - Physics of Plasmas, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
Continuous operation of a tokamak for fusion energy has clear engineering advantages but
requires conditions beyond those sufficient for a burning plasma. The fusion reactions and …