A supersonic gas injection system for fuelling and probing fusion plasmas

Scott Collis; John Howard; Boyd D. Blackwell; Peter Carlsson; Mattias Abelsson; Ben Powell

doi:10.1088/0963-0252/15/4/025

A supersonic gas injection system for fuelling and probing fusion plasmas

Scott Collis^*, John Howard, Boyd D. Blackwell, Peter Carlsson, Mattias Abelsson, Ben Powell

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The large gas reservoir surrounding the H-1NF plasma leads to difficulties in achieving the density control required to maximize the plasma temperature. We have designed and tested an alternative fuelling system which uses a double conical nozzle to generate a directed flow of particles into the plasma without adding to the gas inventory in the rest of the vacuum vessel. By using a closed plenum at a programmable pressure and a piezo-electric valve, the particle flux can be dynamically changed in a controlled and quantitative manner. Measurements of the gas jet using constant temperature hot wire anemometry show that, for plenum pressures between 500 and 1000 Torr, the particle injection rate (helium) ranges between 2 × 10²⁰ and 4 × 10²⁰ s ^-1 with half-cone angles between 5° and 20°. The system has been installed on the H-1NF device and first plasma results indicate localized gas injection consistent with test tank anemometry measurements.

Original language	English
Article number	025
Pages (from-to)	797-804
Number of pages	8
Journal	Plasma Sources Science and Technology
Volume	15
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0963-0252/15/4/025
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2006

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