Anomalous Loss of DT Alpha Particles in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor
Author : Hans Wilhelm Herrmann
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Page : 390 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Alpha rays
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Author : Hans Wilhelm Herrmann
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Page : 390 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Alpha rays
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Author : Mark Christopher Herrmann
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 24,51 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Alpha rays
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Author : M. H. Redi
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Page : 21 pages
File Size : 18,7 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Alpha rays
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It is proposed to measure the losses of alpha particles to the wall in the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) or any large deuterium-tritium (D-T) burning tokamak by a nuclear technique. For this purpose, a chamber containing a suitable fluid would be mounted near the wall of the tokamak. Alpha particles would enter the chamber through a thin window and cause nuclear reactions in the fluid. The material would then be transported through a tube to a remote, low-background location for measurement of the activity. The most favorable reaction suggested here is /sup 10/B(.cap alpha., n)/sup 13/N, although /sup 14/N(.cap alpha., .gamma.)/sup 18/F and others may be possible. The system, the sensitivity, the probe design, and the sources of error are described.
Author : Mark Christopher Herrmann
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 31,69 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Alpha rays
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Author : M. G. Bell
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Page : 11 pages
File Size : 40,86 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Alpha rays
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Author : S. J. Zweben
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Page : 170 pages
File Size : 18,62 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Alpha rays
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Author : M. H. Redi
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Page : 21 pages
File Size : 42,56 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Alpha rays
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Page : 14 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 1995
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Temperatures, densities and confinement of deuterium plasmas confined in tokamaks have been achieved within the last decade that are approaching those required for a D-T reactor. As a result, the unique phenomena present in a D-T reactor plasma can now be studied in the laboratory. Recent experiments on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor (TFTR) have been the first magnetic fusion experiments to study plasmas with reactor fuel concentrations of tritium. The injection of ∼ 20 MW of tritium and 14 MW of deuterium neutral beams into the TFTR produced a plasma with a T/D density ratio of ∼ 1 and yielded a maximum fusion power of ∼ 9.2 MW. The fusion power density in the core of the plasma was ∼ 1.8 MW m−3 approximating that expected in a D-T fusion reactor. A TFTR plasma with T/D density ratio of ∼ 1 was found to have ∼ 20% higher energy confinement time than a comparable D plasma, indicating a confinement scaling with average ion mass, A, of ?{sub E} ∼ A{sup 0.6}. The core ion temperature increased from 30 keV to 37 keV due to a 35% improvement of ion thermal conductivity. Using the electron thermal conductivity from a comparable deuterium plasma, about 50% of the electron temperature increase from 9 keV to 10.6 keV can be attributed to electron heating by the alpha particles. The ≈ 5% loss of alpha particles was consistent with classical first orbit loss without anomalous effects. Initial measurements have been made of the confined energetic alphas and the resultant alpha ash density.