Python Application to Evaluate Stellarator Performance*

The goal of this project is to create an interactive Python application to analyze and create visual representations of the performance of potential stellarator configurations. We use 0D scaling formulas used by Hammett et al. (2019), but the application is adaptable to more complex formulations. Our code provides a tool to explore the impact of changes in various parameters on stellarator efficiency. Our code generates optimized heating power estimate, volume averaged density, and helium concentration estimate values, which are then used to calculate a maximized fusion Q, and a minimized ISS-04 confinement multiplier within the design constraints of the proposed stellarator configuration. This tool is best used as a method to quickly and accurately identify and focus on attractive stellarator geometries.