First wall for polarized fusion reactors

Title: First wall for polarized fusion reactors

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Depolarization mechanisms arising from the recycling of the polarized fuel at the limiter and the first-wall of a fusion reactor are greater than those mechanisms in the plasma. Rapid depolarization of the plasma is prevented by providing a first-wall or first-wall coating formed of a low-Z, non-metallic material having a depolarization rate greater than 1 sec.sup.-1.

Inventors:

Greenside, Henry S ^[1]; Budny, Robert V ^[2]; Post, Jr., Douglass E. ^[3]

Cranbury, NJ
Princeton, NJ
(Buttonwood, CT)

Issue Date:: 1988-01-01

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 866482

Patent Number(s):: 4721595

Assignee:: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21B - FUSION REACTORS

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Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E30/10 - Fusion reactors

G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21B - FUSION REACTORS
G21B1/13 - First wall

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DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76CH03073

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: wall; polarized; fusion; reactors; depolarization; mechanisms; arising; recycling; fuel; limiter; first-wall; reactor; plasma; rapid; prevented; providing; coating; formed; low-z; non-metallic; material; rate; -1; fusion reactors; coating formed; metallic material; fusion reactor; non-metallic material; /376/976/

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                    Greenside, Henry S, Budny, Robert V, and Post, Jr., Douglass E. First wall for polarized fusion reactors.  United States: N. p., 1988. 
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