Tokamak power exhaust with the snowflake divertor: Present results and outstanding issues

Soukhanovskii, V. A.; Xu, X.

doi:10.1007/s10894-015-9999-z

Tokamak power exhaust with the snowflake divertor: Present results and outstanding issues

Journal Article · Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Fusion Energy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-015-9999-z· OSTI ID:1248281

Soukhanovskii, V. A. ^[1]; Xu, X. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Here, a snowflake divertor magnetic configuration (Ryutov in Phys Plasmas 14(6):064502, 2007) with the second-order poloidal field null offers a number of possible advantages for tokamak plasma heat and particle exhaust in comparison with the standard poloidal divertor with the first-order null. Results from snowflake divertor experiments are briefly reviewed and future directions for research in this area are outlined.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1248281

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--670951

Journal Information:: Journal of Fusion Energy, Journal Name: Journal of Fusion Energy Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 35; ISSN 0164-0313

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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