Liquid lithium divertor system for fusion reactor |
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Authors: | Yoshio Nagayama |
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Affiliation: | aNational Institute for Fusion Science, Toki 509-5292, Japan |
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Abstract: | One of the most critical issues for the steady state fusion reactor is the heat flux in the divertor target. This paper proposes a liquid lithium divertor system to solve this problem. The proposed divertor system consists of a liquid lithium target, an evaporation chamber and a differential evacuation chamber. The heat coming from the fusion plasma along the divertor leg is removed by evaporation of lithium. The lithium vapor is condensed on the wall and is circulated with a pump. The coolant temperature for the wall is high enough to drive a power generator. Narrow slits along the divertor leg and the differential evacuation chamber reduce leakage of lithium vapor to the plasma chamber. A preliminary estimation predicts that the lithium ion density in the core plasma is lower than the plasma density. |
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Keywords: | Divertor Fusion Reactor Liquid lithium Heat flux |
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