Deposition of fuel pellets injected into tokamak plasmas
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Pellet injection has been used on tokamak devices in a number of experiments to provide plasma fueling and density profile control. The mass deposition of these fuel pellets defined as the change in density profile caused by the pellet, has been found to show an outward displacement of the ablated material from that expected by mapping the theoretical ablation rate onto the flux surfaces. This suggests that fast transport of the pellet ablatant occurs during the flow along field lines that may be driven by {del}B drift effects. A comparison of the deposition of pellets from different machines shows similar behavior. Initial results from alternative injection locations designed to take advantage of the outward ablatant drift is presented.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464; AC03-89ER51114
- OSTI ID:
- 658452
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/CP-98520; CONF-980606-; ON: DE98003586; BR: AT5010200; TRN: 98:011271
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Nashville, TN (United States), 7-12 Jun 1998; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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