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Development and Testing of Bumper Limiter of Aluminum Alloy Vacuum Vessel for Reacting Plasma Experiment

T. Uchikawa, M. Fujiwara, R. Nayama, T. Irie, M. Onozuka, M. Tomita, K. Ioki, M. Nishikawa

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 8 / Number 1P2B / July 1985 / Pages 1748-1753

Plasma Heating, Impurity Control, and Fueling / Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40013

Two types of graphite bumper limiters were designed and trially fabricated for a reacting plasma device, R-tokamak. High heat load tests were conducted to examine thermal behavior and thermal shock resistance of the limiters by using a lOOkW electron beam facility. The experimental data were compared with the results of 3-D thermal analysis.