Large Aperture Electrostatic Dust Detector
Diagnosis and management of dust inventories generated in next-step magnetic fusion devices is necessary for their safe operation. A novel electrostatic dust detector, based on a fine grid of interlocking circuit traces biased to 30 or 50 ν has been developed for the detection of dust particles on remote surfaces in air and vacuum environments. Impinging dust particles create a temporary short circuit and the resulting current pulse is recorded by counting electronics. Up to 90% of the particles are ejected from the grid or vaporized suggesting the device may be useful for controlling dust inventories. We report measurements of the sensitivity of a large area (5x5 cm) detector to microgram quantities of dust particles and review its applications to contemporary tokamaks and ITER.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-ACO2-76CHO3073
- OSTI ID:
- 961740
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-4266; TRN: US0903488
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Thirty-Fourth EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 2–6 July 2007, Warsaw, Poland.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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