Dense plasma source development and jet injection in Globus-M*

• Autorzy: Voronin , V. A. , Gusev V. K. , Petrov Y. V. , Mukhin E. E. , Tolstyakov S. Y. , Kurskiev G. S. , Kochergin M. M. , Hellblom K. G.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Progress in the development of a plasma jet source and its utilization for injection of hydrogen plasma and neutral gas jets into the Globus-M spherical tokamak are presented. The latest version of the high kinetic energy gas and plasma jet source with titanium hydride grains is described. Reproducibility of the gas jet generation was increased due to automatic loading of fresh grains into the source before every shot. It allows producing stable gas release for many discharges. Impurity radiation intensity from the plasma jet was decreased by more than 100 times by preliminary processing titanium hydrate grains and developing a new filter. The result of special experiments on two colliding jets is discussed. It was confirmed that the plasma jet recombines into a gas jet after it escapes the source edge and has a kinetic energy higher than the hydrogen ionization potential. Hydrogen plasma jet with low impurity content has a density up to 2 × 1022 m-3, a total number of accelerated particles (1-5) × 1019 and a flow velocity of ~ 200 km/s. It was used as an instrument for density control in Globus-M. Jet injection into deuterium plasma core during current plateau phase led to fast density increase in all spatial points of the plasma column including the plasma central region. Such injection allowed density doubling in the tokamak plasma. The model predictions are consistent with the experimental observations of the density raise recorded by the interferometer and Thomson scattering.

Słowa kluczowe

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plasma gun; spherical tokamak; fuelling system

• Wydawca: Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
• Czasopismo: Nukleonika
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: Vol. 53, No. 3
• Strony: 103--109
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 16 poz., rys.

Twórcy

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Voronin , V. A.

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Gusev V. K.

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Petrov Y. V.

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Mukhin E. E.

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Tolstyakov S. Y.

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Kurskiev G. S.

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Kochergin M. M.

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Hellblom K. G.

• A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, 26 Politechnicheskaya Str., 194021 St. Petersburg, Russia, Tel.: [phone], Fax: [phone],

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