Design and performance study of the helium-cooled T-tube divertor concept

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-264

  Ihli, T ^a   Raffray, A R ^b   Abdel Khalik, S I ^c   Shin, S ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Hong Ik University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compact stellarator; Divertor; Helium coolant; High heat flux; Jet flow; Tungsten alloy

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; FUSION REACTOR DIVERTORS; HEAT FLUX; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; THERMAL LOAD;

COMPACT STELLARATOR; DIVERTOR; HELIUM COOLANT; HIGH HEAT FLUX; JET FLOW;

EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS;

EID: 33847730190     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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