• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Development of Toroidal Machine for Fundamental Research of Advanced Tokamak

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07558189
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section展開研究
Research Field Nuclear fusion studies
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

TAKAMURA Shuichi  Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Prof., 工学研究科, 教授 (40023254)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SATOH Toru  System Development Division, Aichi Electric Co., Ltd., Principal Researcher, システム開発本部, 主幹研究員
SAKURAI Keiichi  School of Literature, Aichi Prefectural Univ., Prof., 文学部, 教授 (30115571)
MITARAI Osamu  School of Eng., Kyushu Tokai Univ., Prof., 工学部, 教授 (00181925)
OHNO Noriyasu  Graudate School of Engineering, Nagoya Univ., Lecturer, 工学研究科, 講師 (60203890)
UESUGI Yoshihiko  CIRSE,Nagoya Univ., Asso.Prof., 理工科学総合研究センター, 助教授 (90213339)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1997
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Keywordsfusion / tokamak / high heat flux plasma / AC / invertor power supply / simple torus / plasma-wall interaction / current drive / 光熱流プラズマ / 単純トーラス / プラズマ-壁相互作用 / プラズマ-表面相互作用
Research Abstract

Realization of Fully Continuous AC Tokamak Operation
Fully continuous tokamak discharges have been realized with the plasma current of 600A,the flat top of 6ms, 60Hz and almost no dwell time by employing IGBT invertor power supply with 40kHz pulse width modulation. Under the toroidal magnetic field of 0.1T in steady state, we have the plasma with the electron density of -1*10^<18>m^<-3>, the electron temperature of < 15eV.The loop voltage is around 10V.
Realization of Mono-pole Long Duration Tokamak Discharge with High Duty
The high repetition tokamak discharge with the high duty up to 50% and the duration of 1 minute has been realized for mono-pole discharge current of up to 950A with the flat top of 6ms. A very interesting time evolution of hydrogen gas pressure at the edge has been found in terms of nydrogen recycling on the wall of vacuum chamber. The numerical modelling on particle balance is now being developed to know the several elementary processes on hydrogen recycling.
Generation of High Density Toroidal Plasma with Long Connection Length of B Field to the Target Plate
A LaB_6 cathode with the length of 16cm has been developed for the toroidal DC discharge. A carbon rod passing through many LaB_6 beads is employed to heat the LaB_6 catohde. Such a long cathode assembly is set in the torus to have a grazing angle of 5.5゚ with the toroidal magnetic field. The discharge takes place between the cathode and the anode set vertical pararell to the magnetic field. A seady state vertical magnetic field combined with the toroidal field make the long connection length to the target plate located at the bottom of vacuum chamber. Argon plasma with the plasma density close to 10^<19>m^<-3> has been generated under the following discharge condition : B_t=0.086T,B_v=4.5*10^<-4>T,P_<Ar>=5*10^<-4>Torr and I_<discharge>=2A.
This research becomes the basis for the construction of Toroidal Divertor Simulator.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1997 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • 1995 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (12 results)

All Other

All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] K.Hayashi et al.: "Full AC Plasmm Curment Crenietion in the CSTN-AC Topsmh" Proc. 1996 Int. Conf on Plarna Shysics Vagoye. 2. 1246-1249 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Takamura et al.: "Full AC Tokaemh Discharge in a Swoll Rescarch Device CSTN-AC" Proc 24ih EPS Conf on Cootrollil Fusion and Plusau Phys Bzrihtes gaden. 21A/II. 725-728 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Takamura et al.: "Fully Contemnnous AC Dischuge in Sowll Tohavmh Device CSTN-AC" J.Plasma & Fusion Res. 74/1. 38-43 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M.Kobayashi et al.: "High Repetirion High-Duty Tokamak Discharge with Long Duritiv in CSTN-III" Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.(印刷中).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] K.Hayashi, Y.Marushita, K.Tashiro, N.Ohno, S.Takamura, O.Mitarai, K.Sakurai, T.Kuwabara: "Full AC Plasma Current Operation in the CSTN-AC Tokamak" Proc.1996 Int.Conf.on Plasma Physics, Nagoya. Vol.2. 1246-1249 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Takamura, K.Hayashi, Y.Marushita, K.Tashiro, Y.Uesugi, N.Ohno, K.Sakurai, M.Kobayashi, M.Takagi, O.Mitarai: "Full AC Tokamak Discharge in a Small Research Device CSTN-AC" Proc.24th EPS Conf.on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Phys., Berchtesgaden. Vol.21A,Part II. 725-728 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] S.Takamura, K.Hayashi and K.Tashiro: "Fully Continuous AC Discharge in Small Tokamak Device CSTN-AC" J.Plasma & Fusion Res.74. 38-43 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] M.Kobayashi, K.Tashiro and S.Takamura: "High-Repetition High-Duty Tokmak Discharge with Long Duration in CSTN-III" Jpn.J.Appl.Phys.(in press).

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] K.Hayashi et al.: "Full AC Plasma Current Operation in the CSTN-AC Tokamak" Prec 1996 Int.Conf.on Plasma Physics,Nagoya. 2. 1246-1249 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] S.Takamura at al.: "Full AC Tokamak Discharge in a Small Research Device CSTN-AC" Prec.24th EPS Conf.on Centrolled Fusion and Plasma Phys.,Berchtesgaden. 21A/II. 725-728 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] S.Takamura et al.: "Fully Continucus AC Discharge in Sinall Tokamak Device CSTN-AC" J.Plasma & Fusion Res.74/1. 38-43 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Kobayashi et al.: "High-Repetition High-Duty Tokamak Discharge with Long Duration" Jpn.J Appl.Phys.(印刷中).

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 1996-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi