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The Large Helical Device (LHD) helical divertor

  • N. Ohyabu
  • , T. Watanabe
  • , H. Ji
  • , H. Akao
  • , T. Ono
  • , T. Kawamura
  • , K. Yamazaki
  • , K. Akaishi
  • , N. Inoue
  • , A. Komori
  • , Y. Kubota
  • , N. Noda
  • , A. Sagara
  • , H. Suzuki
  • , O. Motojima
  • , M. Fujiwara
  • , A. Iiyoshi

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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 which does not, however, seem to hamper the expected divertor functions. Two divertor operational modes are being considered for the LHD experiment-high density, cold radiative divertor operation as a safe heat removal scheme and high temperature divertor plasma operation. In the latter operation, a divertor plasma with a temperature of a few keV, generated by efficient pumping, is expected to lead to a significant improvement in core plasma confinement. Conceptual designs of the LHD divertor components are under way.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberI07
Pages (from-to)387-399
Number of pages13
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1994

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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