Modification to the Long Pulse Ion Source for operation on the Tokamak Physics Experiment (TPX)

Author

Wells, R.P. ; Stevens, T.A.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

735

Abstract

The 12×43 cm Long Pulse Ion Source was designed for a 2 second beam pulse duration at the 120 kV, 70 A D⁺ level. While the accelerator grids and most of the plasma chamber are designed for DC operation, the back plate (“electron dump”) was designed for pulsed operation. Replacing the central region of the back plate with an actively cooled insert will allow full DC operation. Cooling passages within the insert were designed to keep the required inlet and exit pressures at current levels

Keywords

Tokamak devices; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactor reaction chamber; fusion reactors; ion sources; particle beam fusion accelerators; 12 cm; 120 kV; 2 s; 43 cm; 70 A; DC operation; Long Pulse Ion Source modification; TPX; Tokamak Physics Experiment; accelerator grids; actively cooled insert; back plate electron dump; cooling passages; exit pressures; fusion reactor operation; inlet pressures; plasma chamber; pulsed operation; Absorption; Coolants; Cooling; Electron accelerators; Ion accelerators; Ion sources; Magnetic flux; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Tokamaks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hyannis, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1412-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1993.518433

Filename

518433