Vacuum system transient simulator and its application to TFTR
The vacuum system transient simulator (VSTS) models transient gas transport throughout complex networks of ducts, valves, traps, vacuum pumps, and other related vacuum system components. VSTS is capable of treating gas models of up to 10 species, for all flow regimes from pure molecular to continuum. Viscous interactions between species are considered as well as non-uniform temperature of a system. Although this program was specifically developed for use on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) project at Princeton, it is a generalized tool capable of handling a broad range of vacuum system problems. During the TFTR engineering design phase, VSTS has been used in many applications. Two applications selected for presentation are: torus vacuum pumping system performance between 400 Ci tritium pulses and tritium backstreaming to neutral beams during pulses.
- Research Organization:
- Grumman Aerospace Corp., Bethpage, N.Y. (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EY-76-C-02-3073
- OSTI ID:
- 5153778
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-771029-162
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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NEUTRAL BEAM SOURCES
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