Experimental Demonstration of Nondisruptive, Central Fueling of a Tokamak by Compact Toroid Injection
- 5 December 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 73 (23) , 3101-3104
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.73.3101
Abstract
We report the first results of nondisruptive, central fueling of a tokamak by the injection of an accelerated spheromak compact toroid (CT). Interferometry measurements indicate central fueling of the tokamak plasma on a fast time scale (<0.5 ms), with more than 50% of the CT mass used for plasma fueling. The tokamak particle inventory increased by more than 30% without disruption.Keywords
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