Experimental and numerical analysis of the air inflow technique for dust removal from the vacuum vessel of a tokamak machine

Fusion Engineering and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-157

  Paci, S ^a   Porfiri, M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dust removal; ECART code; Fusion reactors safety; Resuspension

Indexed keywords

AIR; DUST; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TUNGSTEN;

DUST REMOVAL; ECART CODE; FUSION REACTORS SAFETY; MOBILIZATION CAPABILITY; RESUSPENSION;

TOKAMAK DEVICES;

EID: 84975833244     PISSN: 09203796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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