GLAST (GLAss Spherical Tokamak)-Pakistan's step into fusion experiments

[farhan_9909]

Pakistan launches national fusion program
-Sabina Griffith
Fusion World

Realizing the importance of fusion and the worldwide effort in this regard, Pakistan has launched a National Tokamak Fusion Program to develop human resource and capacity building. Under this program, the Government of Pakistan plans to install a small tokamak (like HT-6M of Hefei , China ) along with various accessories and diagnostics so as to acquire the basic scientific knowledge and the technical know-how of the fusion technology.

http://www.iter.org/newsline/15/1025


Installed now



Glass Spherical Tokamak (GLAST) is a small limiter based spherical tokamak with aninsulating vacuum vessel. Proposed major parameters are R= 15 cm, a= 9 cm, k=2,Ip=50kA, BT=0.4 T, tp=10ms,

and Teo= 400 eV.

The purpose of this experiment is tounderstand the consumption of ohmic flux by the plasma start-up and to identify themechanism responsible for current penetration during start-up phase of the tokamakdischarge.

Because of the compactness, flexibility, low operation costs GLAST maysignificantly contribute to the better understanding of phenomena in a wide range offields such as plasma confinement; plasma stability; plasma turbulence and its impacton local and global plasma parameters; processes at the plasma edge and plasma-wallinteraction; new methods of plasma profile and parameter control; development ofnovel plasma diagnostics etc.Macroscopic plasma instabilities are one of the key issues in Tokamak research.
Someinstability can lead to complete loss of plasma and some causes less dramaticeffects. Therefore it is important to keep the plasma stable so that smallperturbation from the equilibrium does not lead to a complete loss of confinement. Inthis work the plasma equilibrium is constructed using Grad–Shafranov equation andstability is determined from the change of potential energy using energy principalfor the GLAST geometry

Country : Pakistan Primary authors : Dr. KHAN, Riaz (National Tokamak Fusion Program, Pakistan)


Co-authors : Presenter : Mr. KHAN, Riaz (Pakistan)

Session classification : Poster: P3Track classification : THS - Magnetic Confinement Theory and Modelling: Stability

24th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference - IAEA CN-197


GLAST[2] (GLAss Spherical Tokamak)[2], is a small spherical magnetic confinement tokamak fusion reactor installed at the National Center for Physics by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in 2008, with close coordination and collaboration with China.[3] It is a Magnetic confinement fusion spherical tokamak with an insulating vacuum vessel. The reactor is primary use to conduct scientific studies and experiments on nuclear fusion power by consuming plasmas to identify the mechanism responsible for current penetration during start-up phase of the tokamak discharge.[4] The reactor was developed by the PAEC with the help of Chinese assistance, and offers research on control plasmas



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[Armstrong]

Hey @Hyperion what can we use this for & what is its opportunity cost ?

 

[Hyperion]

Too little, thirty years late. Furthermore, to develop human capital will take 3 more decades, by then most if not all processes will be "intellectual property" of other states.

Btw, there is no price on scientific progress, stop thinking like N-League and it's taxi scheme.

Hey @Hyperion what can we use this for & what is its opportunity cost ?

 

[Armstrong]

Too little, thirty years late. Furthermore, to develop human capital will take 3 more decades, by then most if not all processes will be "intellectual property" of other states.

Btw, there is no price on scientific progress, stop thinking like N-League and it's taxi scheme.

Oh shut-up you condescending slag !

Opportunity cost bhi kuch hotiii haiii mereiii Finance ke maaahir !

 

[Hyperion]

Opportunity cost, Nawaz kee bund. Now is that a heavy price to pay for scientific progress?

Oh shut-up you condescending slag !

Opportunity cost bhi kuch hotiii haiii mereiii Finance ke maaahir !

 

[fjavaid]

Too little, thirty years late. Furthermore, to develop human capital will take 3 more decades, by then most if not all processes will be "intellectual property" of other states.

Btw, there is no price on scientific progress, stop thinking like N-League and it's taxi scheme.

The reactor was established in 2008 its already 5 years....now stop being a #IK jerk n let #Pakistan Progress...

 

[Cheetah786]

The reactor was established in 2008 its already 5 years....now stop being a #IK jerk n let #Pakistan Progress...

Stop tweeting about what we are doing .

 

[Hyperion]

Haye Allah, sadqay ho jaon. Did you collect your laptop yet? Don't forget to check it's specs first, before digesting tax money of some poor soul in KPK/Baluchistan/Sindh. Last time your overlord spent all on Taxis in Punjab, cost was, the whole of banking system!

Lakh lanat on all you imbeciles.

The reactor was established in 2008 its already 5 years....now stop being a #IK jerk n let #Pakistan Progress...

 

[Karl]

It's a real shame about the lack of funds. China was ready and willing to provide the ht-6m tokamak reactor A real metallic one, not a glass one) for cost. Because of the lack of funds, this project has been pushed back.

 

[krash]

Haye Allah, sadqay ho jaon. Did you collect your laptop yet? Don't forget to check it's specs first, before digesting tax money of some poor soul in KPK/Baluchistan/Sindh. Last time your overlord spent all on Taxis in Punjab, cost was, the whole of banking system!

Lakh lanat on all you imbeciles.

ummmm....Although I'm all up for mob justice against the Shareefs, pitch forks and all, but how do you propose the Punjab provincial government could have spent tax money collected from other provinces?

And lol, what tax money?

 

[xyxmt]

you guys are really obsessed with Nawaz I imagine all of you pole dancing in front of a wall size picture of Nawaz

 

[farhan_9909]

It's a real shame about the lack of funds. China was ready and willing to provide the ht-6m tokamak reactor A real metallic one, not a glass one) for cost. Because of the lack of funds, this project has been pushed back.

HEC budget is increased.HEC if want can buy

also why not rather go for a locally developed one.

 

[Nishan_101]

So are we looking to towards Thorium reactors too or not as those are studied well by US and many information is still available to public. So if we work on it then we can produce it quickly.