Pellet fueling of ITER burning plasmas

L. R. Baylor, S. K. Combs, T. C. Jernigan, W. A. Houlberg, S. Maruyama, L. W. Owens, P. B. Parks, D. A. Rasmussen

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Abstract

Pellet injection is the primary technique planned for fueling of ITER burning plasmas. Efficient fueling with D-T is a requirement for achieving high fusion gain and it cannot be achieved with gas fueling alone. Injection of pellets from the inner wall has been shown on present day tokamaks to provide efficient fueling and is planned for use on ITER Modeling of the fueling deposition from inner wall pellet injection using the Parks ExB drift model indicates that pellets have the capability to fuel well inside the separatrix. Gas fueling calculations show very poor fueling efficiency due to the high density and wide scrape off layer. Isotopically mixed D-T pellets can provide efficient tritium fueling that will minimize tritium wall loading when compared to gas puffing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication21st IEEE/NPS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE'05
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)142440150X, 9781424401505
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Event21st IEEE/NPS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE'05 - Knoxville, TN, United States
Duration: Sep 26 2005Sep 29 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings - Symposium on Fusion Engineering

Conference

Conference21st IEEE/NPS Symposium on Fusion Engineering, SOFE'05
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKnoxville, TN
Period09/26/0509/29/05

Keywords

  • Fueling
  • ITER
  • Pellet

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