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Title: Hydrogen and helium recycling from a JxB -force convected liquid metal Ga67In20.5Sn12.5 under steady state plasma bombardment

Journal Article · · Fusion Engineering and Design
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  1. National inst. for Fusion Science (NIFS), Oroshi, Toki (Japan); Graduate Univ. for Advanced Studies, Oroshi, Toki (Japan)
  2. Graduate Univ. for Advanced Studies, Oroshi, Toki (Japan)
  3. Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Rokkasho, Kamikita, Aomori (Japan)
  4. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

A series of first-of-a-kind laboratory-scale experiments on the JxB-force convected liquid metal divertor concept have been carried out in the temperature range from room temperature to ~200 °C, employing a eutectic alloy: Ga67In20.5Sn12.5, the melting point of which is 10.5 °C. The electrical current conducted through the alloy is set at about 70A and the magnetic field is set at about 700 G. Finally, it has reproducibly been observed that hydrogen as well as helium particle recycling is noticeably reduced under steady state plasma bombardment when the liquid is convected by the JxB force.

Research Organization:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1358042
Journal Information:
Fusion Engineering and Design, Vol. 117, Issue C; ISSN 0920-3796
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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