Methods and apparatus for mitigating plasma disruption in fusion devices

A technology of plasma and equipment, applied in the field of thermonuclear fusion technology, can solve problems such as loss, reduce the possibility of damage, and enhance the penetration depth

Pending Publication Date: 2019-06-28
GENERAL ATOMICS
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[0017] Based on the technology disclosed in this document, when operating a magnetic confinement fusion device such as a tokamak, pellets can be injected into thermal fusion plasma to alleviate undesired plasma rupture. However, the injected pellets tend to evaporate quickly due to the heating caused by the thermal fusion plasma. This evaporation can limit the penetration depth of the injected pellets into the thermal fusion plasma. The penetration of pellets into the core of the confined plasma before complete evaporation can alleviate undesired plasma rupture. The interaction of the plasma and the melted material of the pellets enables the plasma to radiate its thermal energy, thereby spreading it over a wide area, instead of allowing uncontrolled thermal energy loss to the plasma surrounding the components facing the fusion device . The plasma can be confined by nested magnetic flux surfaces, but when these surfaces are destroyed during plasma rupture, the thermal energy o...

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Exemplary pellets can be used for magnetic fusion devices for mitigating plasma disruption. In some embodiments, the pellets may be cryogenically cooled that may cause a rise in the electrical conductivity of the pellets. A high conductivity of the pellet can screen out the plasma's magnetic field from the interior of the pellet. The screening out of the plasma's magnetic field can slow the ablation rate of the pellet which may allow for deeper pellet penetration and a better suited spatial profile of deposited material for proper mitigation of the plasma disruption. In some other embodiments,the pellets may not be cryogenically cooled.

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technical field [0001] This patent document relates to systems, devices and processes for thermonuclear fusion technology. Background technique [0002] A tokamak is a device that uses a magnetic field, for example in the shape of a torus, to spatially confine plasma so that the high temperature plasma required for controlled thermonuclear fusion power generation is generated. Magnetic fields are used for confinement in tokamak devices, in part because solid materials cannot withstand the extremely high temperatures of the plasmas used for thermonuclear fusion. In a tokamak, stable plasma equilibrium is achieved by creating magnetic field lines that move around a ring in a helical shape. Such a helical field can be produced by adding an annular field in a circle propagating around the ring and a poloidal field propagating in a circle orthogonal to the annular field. In an embodiment, the toroidal field may be generated by electromagnets surrounding the toroid, and the pol...

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IPC IPC(8): G21B1/05G21B1/25
CPCG21B1/15G21B1/057Y02E30/10
Inventor P.B.帕克斯
Owner GENERAL ATOMICS
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