Design of a tritium pellet injector for TFTR

S. L. Milora; M. J. Gouge; P. W. Fisher; S. K. Combs; M. J. Cole; R. B. Wysor; D. T. Fehling; C. R. Foust; L. R. Baylor; G. L. Schmidt; G. W. Barnes; R. G. Persing

doi:10.1109/FUSION.1991.218747

Design of a tritium pellet injector for TFTR

S. L. Milora
, M. J. Gouge
, P. W. Fisher
, S. K. Combs
, M. J. Cole
, R. B. Wysor
, D. T. Fehling
, C. R. Foust
, L. R. Baylor
, G. L. Schmidt
, G. W. Barnes
, R. G. Persing

Fusion Energy Division

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The TFTR (Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor) tritium pellet injector (TPI) is designed to provide a tritium pellet fueling capability with pellet speeds in the 1-3-km/s-range for the TFTR D-T phase. The existing TFTR deuterium pellet injector is being modified at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to provide a four-shot, tritium-compatible, pipe-gun configuration with three upgraded single-stage pneumatic guns and a two-stage light gas gun driver. The pipe gun concept has been qualified for tritium operation by the tritium proof-of-principle injector experiments conducted on the Tritium Systems Test Assembly at Los Alamos National Laboratory. In these experiments, tritium and D-T pellets were accelerated to speeds near 1.5 km/s. The TPI is being designed for pellet sizes in the range from 3.43 to 4.0 mm in diameter in arbitrarily programmable firing sequences at speeds up to approximately 1.5 km/s for the three single-stage drivers and 2.5 to 3 km/s for the two-stage driver. Injector operation will be controlled by a programmable logic controller.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium Fusion Engineering, FUSION 1991
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	716-720
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	0780301323
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FUSION.1991.218747
State	Published - 1991
Event	14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium Fusion Engineering, FUSION 1991 - San Diego, United States Duration: Sep 30 1991 → Oct 3 1991

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Conference	14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium Fusion Engineering, FUSION 1991
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City	San Diego
Period	09/30/91 → 10/3/91

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Milora, S. L., Gouge, M. J., Fisher, P. W., Combs, S. K., Cole, M. J., Wysor, R. B., Fehling, D. T., Foust, C. R., Baylor, L. R., Schmidt, G. L., Barnes, G. W., & Persing, R. G. (1991). Design of a tritium pellet injector for TFTR. In Proceedings - 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium Fusion Engineering, FUSION 1991 (pp. 716-720). Article 218747 (Proceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/FUSION.1991.218747

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Milora, SL, Gouge, MJ, Fisher, PW, Combs, SK, Cole, MJ, Wysor, RB, Fehling, DT, Foust, CR, Baylor, LR, Schmidt, GL, Barnes, GW & Persing, RG 1991, Design of a tritium pellet injector for TFTR. in Proceedings - 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium Fusion Engineering, FUSION 1991., 218747, Proceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 716-720, 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium Fusion Engineering, FUSION 1991, San Diego, United States, 09/30/91. https://doi.org/10.1109/FUSION.1991.218747

Design of a tritium pellet injector for TFTR. / Milora, S. L.; Gouge, M. J.; Fisher, P. W. et al.
Proceedings - 14th IEEE/NPSS Symposium Fusion Engineering, FUSION 1991. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 1991. p. 716-720 218747 (Proceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering).

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