Helical divertor in the large helical device

N. Ohyabu, N. Noda, Hantao Ji, H. Akao, K. Akaishi, T. Ono, H. Kaneko, T. Kawamura, Y. Kubota, S. Morimoto, A. Sagara, T. Watanabe, K. Yamazaki, O. Motojima

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Abstract

The large helical device (LHD), now under construction, is a heliotron/torsatron device with a closed divertor system. The edge LHD magnetic structure has been studied in detail. A peculiar feature of the configuration is the existence of edge surface layers, a complicated three-dimensional magnetic structure. However, it does not seem to hamper the expected divertor functions. As a confinement improvement scheme in LHD, we have proposed a high temperature divertor plasma operation in which a divertor plasma with a temperature of a few keV, generated by efficient pumping, leads to the confinement improvement. Conceptual designs of the LHD divertor components are under way.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)276-280
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume196-198
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 1992
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • General Materials Science
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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