Characteristics of cesium-free negative hydrogen/deuterium ion source by sheet plasma

Hanai, Keito; Ishihara, Shogo; Endo, Ryuta; Takimoto, Toshikio; Tonegawa, Akira; Sato, Kohnosuke

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2019.04.096

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“…To examine the plasma shielding effect of the pebble flow, an experiment on the plasma irradiation to the metal pebble flow was conducted in the sheet plasma device TPDsheet-U in Tokai University. The TPDsheet-U is a linear plasma device [17]. The sheet plasma is generated in the linear magnetic field generated by the solenoid coils.…”

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Plasma irradiation experiment on the metal pebble flow in the TPDsheet-U

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Takimoto

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Fusion Engineering and Design

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Plasma irradiation experiment on the metal pebble flow in the TPDsheet-U

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Takimoto

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Fusion Engineering and Design

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“…The experiment was performed using the Cs-free negativeion source TPDsheet-U apparatus, which is schematically illustrated in figure 1 [10][11][12][13][14][15]. TPDsheet-U is divided into two regions: the sheet plasma source and extraction regions.…”

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“…The volume production of negative hydrogen ions in the produced magnetized sheet plasma is proposed to be developed as a negative-ion source using test plasma produced by direct current for sheet plasma upgrade (TPDsheet-U) [10][11][12][13][14][15]. High-density magnetized sheet plasmas are suitable for producing H − ions in dissociative attachment (DA) processes because of the narrow space (e.g.…”

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“…In a previous study, high-density H − ion sheet plasmas were generated using TPDsheet-U, and H − ion current densities of over 20 mA cm −2 were obtained under the following conditions: a gas pressure of 0.3 Pa, a discharge current of 80 A, an external magnetic field of ∼40 mT, and an extraction voltage of 10 kV. However, the co-extracted electron current is ∼10 times the negative-ion current, and the thermal damage caused by this electron poses a problem in the long-operation of the negative-ion source TPDsheet-U [12,13]. An electron fence (EF) was installed on the extraction grid (PG).…”

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Characteristics of the extracted negative-ion beam in a cesium-free negative-ion source using TPDsheet-U

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Hanai³

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Nucl. Fusion

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The progress toward realizing a high-performance cesium (Cs)-free negative-ion source based on volume production in a magnetized sheet plasma device (TPDsheet-U) is reported. In the experiments, H− ions were successfully extracted from sheet plasma using single-/multi-aperture grids. The experimental results of the single-aperture grid show that the negative hydrogen ion current density (J C(H−)) performance of Cs-free H− ion beams in TPDsheet-U is about one-fourth that of Cs-containing H− ion sources in the ITER negative-ion neutral-beam injector (NNBI). (i) The J C(H−) was ∼7.5 mA cm−2 at an extraction voltage of 10 kV, a discharge current I d of 90 A, and a gas pressure of 0.3 Pa. (ii) The electron current J EG(e) with this soft magnetic filter (SMF) was only ∼10% of the electron current without the SMF; The J EG(e)/J C(H−) ratio was reduced below 0.4 at y < 18 mm for a single-aperture grid with the SMF at I d = 50 A and external magnetic field strength of 38 mT.

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