Lithium coatings on NSTX plasma facing components and its effects on boundary control, core plasma performance, and operation

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 865-873

  Kugel, H W ^a   Bell, M G ^a   Schneider, H ^a   Allain, J P ^b   Bell, R E ^a   Kaita, R ^a   Kallman, J ^a   Kaye, S ^a   Leblanc, B P ^a   Mansfield, D ^a   Nygren, R E ^c   Maingi, R ^d   Menard, J ^a   Mueller, D ^a   Ono, M ^a   Paul, S ^a   Gerhardt, S ^a   Raman, R ^e   Sabbagh, S ^f   Skinner, C H ^a   Soukhanovskii, V ^g   Timberlake, J ^a   Zakharov, L E ^a   more..

^a PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divertors; Lithium; Lithium wall fusion regime; Plasma wall interactions; Recycling; Spherical torus

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONTROLS; CORE PLASMA; DEUTERIUM DISCHARGE; DIVERTOR REGION; DIVERTORS; EDGE DENSITIES; HIGH-POWER; LIQUID LITHIUM; LITHIUM POWDER; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; PELLET INJECTION; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PLASMA WALL INTERACTIONS; PLASMA-FACING COMPONENTS; SPHERICAL TORUS; WALL CONDITIONING;

DEUTERIUM; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; EVAPORATORS; PLASMAS; POWDER COATINGS; RECYCLING;

LITHIUM;

EID: 78649462905     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2010.04.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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