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Title: Enhanced D-T supershot performance at high current using extensive lithium conditioning in TFTR

Abstract

A substantial improvement in supershot fusion plasma performance has been realized by combining the enhanced confinement due to tritium fueling with the enhanced confinement due to extensive Li conditioning of the TFTR limiter. This combination has resulted in not only significantly higher global energy confinement times than had previously been obtained in high current supershots, but also the highest ratio of central fusion output power to input power observed to date.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
64326
Report Number(s):
PPPL-3097
ON: DE95011711; TRN: 95:015334
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH03073
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: May 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION; TFTR TOKAMAK; CONFINEMENT TIME; FUEL PELLETS; PELLET INJECTION; DEUTERIUM; TRITIUM; ELECTRON DENSITY; PERFORMANCE; PLASMA

Citation Formats

Mansfield, D K, Strachan, J D, Bell, M G, Scott, S D, Budny, R, Bell, R E, Bitter, M, Darrow, D S, Fredrickson, E, and Grek, B. Enhanced D-T supershot performance at high current using extensive lithium conditioning in TFTR. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/64326.
Mansfield, D K, Strachan, J D, Bell, M G, Scott, S D, Budny, R, Bell, R E, Bitter, M, Darrow, D S, Fredrickson, E, & Grek, B. Enhanced D-T supershot performance at high current using extensive lithium conditioning in TFTR. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/64326
Mansfield, D K, Strachan, J D, Bell, M G, Scott, S D, Budny, R, Bell, R E, Bitter, M, Darrow, D S, Fredrickson, E, and Grek, B. 1995. "Enhanced D-T supershot performance at high current using extensive lithium conditioning in TFTR". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/64326. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/64326.
@article{osti_64326,
title = {Enhanced D-T supershot performance at high current using extensive lithium conditioning in TFTR},
author = {Mansfield, D K and Strachan, J D and Bell, M G and Scott, S D and Budny, R and Bell, R E and Bitter, M and Darrow, D S and Fredrickson, E and Grek, B},
abstractNote = {A substantial improvement in supershot fusion plasma performance has been realized by combining the enhanced confinement due to tritium fueling with the enhanced confinement due to extensive Li conditioning of the TFTR limiter. This combination has resulted in not only significantly higher global energy confinement times than had previously been obtained in high current supershots, but also the highest ratio of central fusion output power to input power observed to date.},
doi = {10.2172/64326},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/64326}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
}