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Alpha-particle confinement in Infinity Two Fusion Pilot Plant baseline plasma design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2025

L. Carbajal*
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
J. Varela
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
A. Bader
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
W. Guttenfelder
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
A. Cerfon
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
J. C. Schmitt
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
J. Morrissey
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
C. C. Hegna
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
J. M. Canik
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
N. R. Mandell
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
M. Landreman
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
K. Willis
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
D. Huet
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
D. Clark
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
K. Camacho Mata
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
N. M. Davila
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
W. A. Cooper
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA Swiss Alps Fusion Energy (SAFE), Vers l’Eglise, Switzerland
W. D. Dorland
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
J. M. Duff
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
G. Le Bars
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
A. Malkus
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
L. Singh
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
B. Medasani
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
P. Sinha
Affiliation:
Type One Energy, Knoxville, TN, 37931, USA
K. Särkimäki
Affiliation:
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland
J. Sissonen
Affiliation:
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland
A. Snicker
Affiliation:
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland
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In this work, we present a detailed assessment of fusion-born alpha-particle confinement, their wall loads, and stability of Alfvén eigenmodes driven by these energetic particles in the Infinity Two Fusion Pilot Plant Baseline Plasma Design, a 4-field-period quasiisodynamic stellarator to operate in deuterium-tritium fusion conditions. Using the Monte-Carlo codes SIMPLE, ASCOT5, and KORC-T, we study the collisionless and collisional dynamics of guiding-center and full-orbit alpha-particles in the core plasma. We find that core energy losses to the wall are less than 4%. Our simulations shows that peak power loads on the wall of this configuration are around 2.5 MW/m2 and are spatially localized, toroidally, and poloidaly in the vicinity of x-points of the magnetic island chain n/m = 4/5 outside the plasma volume. Also, an exploratory analysis using various simplified walls shows that shaping and distance of the wall from the plasma volume can help reduce peak power loads. Our stability assessment of Alfvén eigenmodes using the STELLGAP and FAR3d codes shows the absence of unstable modes driven by alpha-particles in Infinity Two due to the relatively low alpha-particle beta at the envisioned 800 MW operating scenario.

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