effects of microchannels in iec devices s. krupakar murali, * j. f. santarius and g. l. kulcinski...
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Effects of Microchannels in IEC devices
S. Krupakar Murali,* J. F. Santarius and G. L. KulcinskiUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
*Lawrenceville Plasma PhysicsWork carried out at UW Madison
1999-2004
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Outline• Introduction
– What is an IEC? And how does it work?• Motivation
– Why are we interested in Microchannels• Poissor Structure• How are microchannels studied ?
– Eclipse disc experiments– Single loop experiments– Grid rotation experiments
• Previous experiments in support of Poissor structures– Gamma collimation results– Proton collimation results– Observations by Kiyoshi Yoshikawa
• Poissor structure and relation to microchannels• What are its consequences and implications to IEC research?• Conclusions and Future work
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What is an IEC device ? How does it work ?
• IEC Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Device
• Laverent’yev (1963, USSR) and Philo Farnsworth (1966, USA) independently proposed inertial electrostatic confinement of fusion plasma
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Scale: 30 cm
Schematic of UW IEC Advanced Fusion Device up until August 2004
Proton Detector
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IEC Operation
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Eclipse diagnostic for fusion source regime characterization
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Fusion Source Regimes
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Eclipsing Experimental Setup
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Eclipsed Data Suggests Significant
Converged Core D-D Reactions (error ~ 5%) D-3He (100 kV, 30 mA)
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Relevant conclusions
• Mostly D-D reactions occur in the core of the device.
• A proton detector can see converged core reactions.
• In other words, if you put something infront of the cathode obstructing the view of the proton detector, it will pick this up.
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Sequential grid construction
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Single loop grid experiments
• Single loop acts like a line source and provides a higher proton rate than a spherical grid at some locations
• Easiest way to compare different materials for grid construction.• Can be used to project performance of a spherical grid at higher input power
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Sequential grid construction for studying the influence of grid symmetry on the fusion rate
S. Krupakar Murali, J. F. Santarius, and G. L. Kulcinski, Phys. Plasmas, 15, 122702, (2008).
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Conclusions of single loop grid experiments
• A single loop grid generates a cylindrical line source of protons. • The eclipse scan of the loop grids showed a positive fusion reaction
gradient as we move from the edge• to the center of the XWLoopRe-1 single loop grid. • With improving symmetry added wires, the fusion rate increases and
eventually saturates. • The gradual transformation of a line source to a volume source is observed
with the increasing symmetry obtained by the addition of more loops to the grid.
• The ionization source must be placed away from the cathode for efficient performance.
• The presence of the grid wires seems to affect the fusion rate more drastically than previously thought. This prompted the next set of experiments – Grid rotation experiments.
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Grid Rotation Experiment
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Grid rotation experiment
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Results of Grid rotation experiment
Consequences of this experiment -
• Grid has to be oriented properly every time an experiment is conducted. If not, almost 50% variation is to be expected.
• New calibration factor for the Si detector needs to be developed, accounting for the microchannels as the fusion source.
• Theory should accommodate this non-uniformity in ion flow.
• This new technique could be used to characterize the three modes of operation of an IEC device namely-star, halo and converged core modes.
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Proton rate calibration assuming all volume source reactions occur within the
microchannels
• Fusion rate has three contributors– Converged core (MCNP)*
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* M. A. Sawan, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Private Communications, (2002)
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Microchannels form the volume source
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S. Krupakar Murali, J. F. Santarius, and G. L. Kulcinski, submitted to IEEE transactions on plasmas
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