摘要
For power plants heliotron-type reactors have attractive advantages, such asno current-disruptions, no current-drive, and wide space between helical coils for the maintenanceof in-vessel components. However, one disadvantage is that a major radius has to be large enough toobtain large Q-value or to produce sufficient space for blankets. Although the larger radius isconsidered to increase the construction cost, the influence has not been understood clearly, yet.Scale effects on superconducting magnet systems have been estimated under the conditions of aconstant energy confinement time and similar geometrical parameters. Since the necessary magneticfield with a larger radius becomes lower, the increase rate of the weight of the coil support to themajor radius is less than the square root. The necessary major radius will be determined mainly bythe blanket space. The appropriate major radius will be around 13 m for a reactor similar to theLarge Helical Device (LHD).
For power plants heliotron-type reactors have attractive advantages, such asno current-disruptions, no current-drive, and wide space between helical coils for the maintenanceof in-vessel components. However, one disadvantage is that a major radius has to be large enough toobtain large Q-value or to produce sufficient space for blankets. Although the larger radius isconsidered to increase the construction cost, the influence has not been understood clearly, yet.Scale effects on superconducting magnet systems have been estimated under the conditions of aconstant energy confinement time and similar geometrical parameters. Since the necessary magneticfield with a larger radius becomes lower, the increase rate of the weight of the coil support to themajor radius is less than the square root. The necessary major radius will be determined mainly bythe blanket space. The appropriate major radius will be around 13 m for a reactor similar to theLarge Helical Device (LHD).
