Divertor for use in fusion reactors

Patent · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:863326

Christensen, Uffe R.

A poloidal divertor for a toroidal plasma column ring having a set of poloidal coils co-axial with the plasma ring for providing a space for a thick shielding blanket close to the plasma along the entire length of the plasma ring cross section and all the way around the axis of rotation of the plasma ring. The poloidal coils of this invention also provide a stagnation point on the inside of the toroidal plasma column ring, gently curving field lines for vertical stability, an initial plasma current, and the shaping of the field lines of a separatrix up and around the shielding blanket.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• DOE Contract Number: AT(11-1)-3073
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 4,149,931
• Application Number: 05/379870
• OSTI ID: 863326
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1973 Jul 16
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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