Impurity control and vacuum pumping system design and analysis for next-generation tokamaks
Impurity control system design and performance studies were performed in support of the Tokamak Fusion Core Experiment (TFCX) preconceptual design. Efforts concentrated on the pumped limiter and vacuum pumping system design configuration, thermal/mechanical and erosion lifetime performance of the limiter protective surface, and helium ash removal performance. Analysis results indicate that the limiter/vacuum pumping system design provides marginally adequate helium ash removal. Difficulties in providing adequate helium ash removal for more compact or higher fusion-power-density devices are addressed. Erosion, primarily by disruption-induced vaporization and/or melting, limits the protective surface lifetime to about one calendar year or only about 60 full power hours of operation. In addition to evaluating impurity control system performance for nominal TFCX conditions, these studies attempt to focus on the key plasma physics and engineering design issues that should be addressed in future research and development programs.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 5835269
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-850310-37; ON: DE85009291
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 6. topical meeting on the technology of fusion energy, San Francisco, CA, USA, 3 Mar 1985; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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