Helium glow wall conditioning of the DIII-D tokamak with large area graphite coverage

Conference · Mon Feb 05 04:00:00 EST 1990 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)

OSTI ID:6690876

Jackson, G L; Taylor, T S; Petersen, P I; Taylor, P L ^[1]

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1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA 92138 (USA)

Helium glow wall conditioning (HeGWC) is the primary technique for conditioning the DIII-D walls which are composed of Inconel and graphite. Presently, 40% (31 m{sup 2}) of the DIII-D plasma facing surfaces consist of graphite tiles covering the inside, top, and bottom DIII-D walls which are the high heat flux surfaces for divertor and inside wall limiter discharges. HeGWC with T{sub wall}{le}50 {degree}C is effective both in removing low {ital Z} impurities and desorbing hydrogenic particles from this large graphite reservoir. The effective desorption of hydrogen species from the graphite has led to lower recycling and improved particle control during tokamak discharges.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-89ER51114
• OSTI ID: 6690876
• Report Number(s): CONF-8904230--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 199:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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