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Simultaneous H/D/T and 3He/4He absolute concentration measurements with an optical Penning gauge on JET

  • Līga Avotiņa (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Larisa Baumane (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Mihails Haļitovs (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Juris Jansons (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Gunta Ķizāne (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Ričards Kovaldins (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Andris Leščinskis (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Broņislavs Leščinskis (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Elīna Pajuste (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Aigars Vītiņš (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Artūrs Zariņš (Member of the Working Group)
  • , Vartanian S.
  • , JET Contributors

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    Abstract

    The Optical Penning (or Species-Selective Penning) Gauge technique is used for the measurement of the H2/D2/T2 fuel isotopic composition and He/D2 concentration in the neutralized particle exhaust of fusion devices. An Optical Penning detection system has already been used in JET during its first deuterium-tritium campaigns (DTE1) and has been chosen by ITER. Recent improvements to the sub-divertor diagnostic suite as well as the optical instrumentation, in preparation for the next DT campaign, have improved the optical throughput of the measurement and enabled 3He/D2 detection down to 0.1 %. For the first time, the 3He/4He isotopic ratio can be measured simultaneously with the H/D/T ratio. This technique is of particular interest for ion cyclotron resonance frequency (ICRF) heating scenarios.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number112511
    JournalFusion Engineering and Design
    Volume170
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

    OECD Field of Science

    • 1.3 Physical Sciences

    Keywords

    • Residual gas analysis
    • Plasma diagnostic
    • Fusion energy
    • JET
    • ITER
    • DTE2

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