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

Technical Report · Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/64326· OSTI ID: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 ^[1]

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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.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03073
• OSTI ID: 64326
• Report Number(s): PPPL-3097; ON: DE95011711; TRN: 95:015334
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: May 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
TFTR TOKAMAK
CONFINEMENT TIME
FUEL PELLETS
PELLET INJECTION
DEUTERIUM
TRITIUM
ELECTRON DENSITY
PERFORMANCE
PLASMA