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Title: Injection of deuterium pellets

Conference · · Fusion Technol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5557016

A discussion is given of the work done at Riso National Laboratory on the design and construction of deuterium pellet injectors. A pellet injection system made for the TFR tokamak at Fontenay-aux-Roses, Paris is described. 0.12-mg pellets are injected with velocities of around 600-700 m/s through a 5-m long guide tube. Next some of the details of a new light gas gun are given; with this gun, hydrogen pellets are accelerated to velocities above 1400 m/s, deuterium pellets to velocities above 1300 m/s and neon pellets to velocities above 550 m/s. Finally, a new acceleration method where a pellet should be accelerated by means of a magnetically stabilised electrical discharge is discussed, and a set up for measuring of the pellet size by means of a microwave cavity is outlined.

Research Organization:
Association Euratom-Riso National Laboratory, Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde
OSTI ID:
5557016
Report Number(s):
CONF-8309103-
Journal Information:
Fusion Technol.; (United States), Vol. 6:2; Conference: 9. international vacuum congress and 5. international conference on solid surfaces, Madrid, Spain, 26 Sep 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English