Cryogenic viscous compressor development and modeling for the ITER vacuum system

L. R. Baylor; S. J. Meitner; C. Barbier; S. K. Combs; R. C. Duckworth; T. G. Edgemon; D. T. Fehling; D. A. Rasmussen; M. P. Hechler; R. Kersevan; M. Dremel; R. J.H. Pearce; J. C. Boisson

doi:10.1109/SOFE.2011.6052261

Cryogenic viscous compressor development and modeling for the ITER vacuum system

L. R. Baylor, S. J. Meitner, C. Barbier, S. K. Combs, R. C. Duckworth, T. G. Edgemon, D. T. Fehling, D. A. Rasmussen, M. P. Hechler, R. Kersevan, M. Dremel, R. J.H. Pearce, J. C. Boisson

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Abstract

The ITER vacuum system requires a roughing pump system that can pump the exhaust gas from the torus cryopumps to the tritium exhaust processing plant. The gas will have a high tritium content and therefore conventional vacuum pumps are not suitable. A pump called a cryogenic viscous compressor (CVC) is being designed for the roughing system to pump from ∼500 Pa to 10 Pa at flow rates of 200 Pa-m³/s. A unique feature of this pump is that it allows any helium in the gas to flow through the pump where it is sent to the detritiation system before exhausting to atmosphere. A small scale prototype of the CVC is being tested for heat transfer characteristics and compared to modeling results to ensure reliable operation of the full scale CVC.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE/NPSS 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 2011
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/SOFE.2011.6052261
State	Published - 2011
Event	2011 IEEE/NPSS 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 2011 - Chicago, IL, United States Duration: Jun 26 2011 → Jun 30 2011

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Name	Proceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering

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Conference	2011 IEEE/NPSS 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago, IL
Period	06/26/11 → 06/30/11

Keywords

ITER
fuel cycle
vacuum

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Baylor, L. R., Meitner, S. J., Barbier, C., Combs, S. K., Duckworth, R. C., Edgemon, T. G., Fehling, D. T., Rasmussen, D. A., Hechler, M. P., Kersevan, R., Dremel, M., Pearce, R. J. H., & Boisson, J. C. (2011). Cryogenic viscous compressor development and modeling for the ITER vacuum system. In 2011 IEEE/NPSS 24th Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE 2011 Article 6052261 (Proceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering). https://doi.org/10.1109/SOFE.2011.6052261

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