Performance of the PDX neutral beam wall armor
The PDX wall armor was designed to function as an inner wall thermal armor, a neutral beam diagnostic, and a large area inner toroidal plasma limiter. In this paper we discuss its thermal performance as wall armor during two years of PDX neutral beam heating experiments. During this period it provided sufficient inner wall protection to permit perpendicular heating injections into normal and disruptive plasmas as well as injections in the absence of plasma involving special experiments, calibrations, and tests important for the optimization and development of the PDX neutral beam injection system. Many of the design constraints and performance issues encountered in this work are relevant to the design of larger fusion devices.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (USA). Plasma Physics Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 5959107
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-2194; ON: DE85008709
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
The performance of the poloidal divertor experiment neutral beam wall armor
Design of the PDX Tokamak wall armor and inner limiter system
Initial operation and performance of the PDX neutral-beam injection system
Journal Article
·
Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986
· Fusion Technol.; (United States)
·
OSTI ID:5653994
Design of the PDX Tokamak wall armor and inner limiter system
Technical Report
·
Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1981
·
OSTI ID:6278317
Initial operation and performance of the PDX neutral-beam injection system
Technical Report
·
Mon Jan 18 23:00:00 EST 1982
·
OSTI ID:5648562
Related Subjects
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700209* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Component Development & Materials Testing
BEAM INJECTION
CALIBRATION
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
FIRST WALL
NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION
PDX DEVICES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SHIELDING
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
TOKAMAK DEVICES
700209* -- Fusion Power Plant Technology-- Component Development & Materials Testing
BEAM INJECTION
CALIBRATION
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES
FIRST WALL
NEUTRAL ATOM BEAM INJECTION
PDX DEVICES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SHIELDING
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES
THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR WALLS
TOKAMAK DEVICES