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Title: Design and analysis of the cryopump for the DIII-D advanced divertor

Abstract

A cryocondensation pump for the DIII-D advanced diverter program is to be installed in the vacuum vessel in the fall of 1992. The purpose of the cryopump is to remove gas from the diverter, reduce recycling to the plasma, and to provide reduced density plasmas for experimental study. The pump is designed for a pumping speed of 50,000 l/s at 0.4 mtorr. The major pump components are toroidally continuous to minimize inductive voltages, thereby greatly reducing the risk of any electrical breakdown during disruptions. The cryopump consists of a 25mm Inconel tube, 10m long, cooled by liquid helium. It is surrounded by liquid nitrogen-cooled shields and a segmented ambient temperature radiation/particle shield. The outer nitrogen shield has a toroidally discontinuous copper coating to enhance thermal conductivity while maintaining a high toroidal electrical resistance to minimize electromagnetic loads during disruptions. The pump is cooled by 10 g/s of liquid helium at an inlet pressure of 115 kPa and temperature of 4.35 K. The pump is subjected to a steady-state heat load of <10 W due to conduction and radiation heat transfer. The helium tube will be subjected to Joule heating of <182J due to induced current and a particle load ofmore » <20 W during plasma operation. Thermal analysis and tests show that the helium tube can absorb a transient heat load of up to 100 W for 10s and still pump deuterium at 6.3 K.« less

Authors:
; ; ; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10184606
Report Number(s):
GA-A-21016; CONF-920930-7
ON: DE93001357
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-89ER51114
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 17. symposium on fusion technology (SOFT-17),Rome (Italy),14-18 Sep 1992; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1992
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; DIVERTORS; CRYOPUMPS; DESIGN; DOUBLET-3 DEVICE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; 700420; 700480; PLASMA-FACING COMPONENTS; COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT; MATERIALS STUDIES

Citation Formats

Reis, E, Almajan, I, Baxi, C B, Schaffer, M J, Sevier, D L, Smith, J P, and Menon, M M. Design and analysis of the cryopump for the DIII-D advanced divertor. United States: N. p., 1992. Web.
Reis, E, Almajan, I, Baxi, C B, Schaffer, M J, Sevier, D L, Smith, J P, & Menon, M M. Design and analysis of the cryopump for the DIII-D advanced divertor. United States.
Reis, E, Almajan, I, Baxi, C B, Schaffer, M J, Sevier, D L, Smith, J P, and Menon, M M. 1992. "Design and analysis of the cryopump for the DIII-D advanced divertor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10184606.
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title = {Design and analysis of the cryopump for the DIII-D advanced divertor},
author = {Reis, E and Almajan, I and Baxi, C B and Schaffer, M J and Sevier, D L and Smith, J P and Menon, M M},
abstractNote = {A cryocondensation pump for the DIII-D advanced diverter program is to be installed in the vacuum vessel in the fall of 1992. The purpose of the cryopump is to remove gas from the diverter, reduce recycling to the plasma, and to provide reduced density plasmas for experimental study. The pump is designed for a pumping speed of 50,000 l/s at 0.4 mtorr. The major pump components are toroidally continuous to minimize inductive voltages, thereby greatly reducing the risk of any electrical breakdown during disruptions. The cryopump consists of a 25mm Inconel tube, 10m long, cooled by liquid helium. It is surrounded by liquid nitrogen-cooled shields and a segmented ambient temperature radiation/particle shield. The outer nitrogen shield has a toroidally discontinuous copper coating to enhance thermal conductivity while maintaining a high toroidal electrical resistance to minimize electromagnetic loads during disruptions. The pump is cooled by 10 g/s of liquid helium at an inlet pressure of 115 kPa and temperature of 4.35 K. The pump is subjected to a steady-state heat load of <10 W due to conduction and radiation heat transfer. The helium tube will be subjected to Joule heating of <182J due to induced current and a particle load of <20 W during plasma operation. Thermal analysis and tests show that the helium tube can absorb a transient heat load of up to 100 W for 10s and still pump deuterium at 6.3 K.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10184606}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992},
month = {Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992}
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