Tritium gas delivery system for the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) device

  • Steve Raftopoulos

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Abstract

A tritium gas delivery system (TGDS) for the TFTR (Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor) is required when the device commences deuterium-tritium operation. The system is comprised of the delivery manifold, gas-injection assemblies, and controls and instrumentation. It is designed to provide gas to the torus and neutral beams in quantities consistent with a rate of one shot per hour. Operation of the system for the valve calibration, glow dischsrge and pulse discharge cleaning (GDC and PDC), and high-power pulsing (HPP) modes of operation is accomplished with either preprogrammed user input or closed loop-feedback. The TGDS hardware (including the piezoelectric crystal injection valve which is used to control the flow of tritium into the reactor), the design philosophy, and the interaction of the system with TFTR operations are described.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages638-641
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 1989
EventProceedings - IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on Fusion Engineering Part 2 (of 2) - Knoxville, TN, USA
Duration: Oct 2 1989Oct 6 1989

Conference

ConferenceProceedings - IEEE Thirteenth Symposium on Fusion Engineering Part 2 (of 2)
CityKnoxville, TN, USA
Period10/2/8910/6/89

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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