28-30 November 2019
C-CUBE, Kyushu University Chikushi Campus 九州大学筑紫キャンパス総合研究棟 (C-Cube)
Asia/Tokyo timezone
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九州大学筑紫キャンパス総合研究棟 (C-Cube) - 3階広場

Improvement of fuel ion ratio diagnostics performance using anisotropic neutron emission spectrum in NBI heating deuterium-tritium plasma

Speakers

  • Mr. Tomoki URAKAWA

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日本語タイトル

NBI加熱DTプラズマにおける、中性子の非等方放出スペクトルを用いた燃料イオン比診断の測定性能改善

Abstract

For the stable operation of the deuterium-tritium (DT) fusion reactor, it is important to measure fuel ion ratio (nT/nD). A method to determine nT/nD from the emission ratio of 14 MeV neutron by DT reaction and 2.45 MeV neutron by DD reaction is being studied. This method has a serious problem that the detection of 2.45 MeV neutron by DD reaction is interfered by slowing-down component of 14 MeV neutron by DT reaction. As a solution to this problem, the technic using the rise in the fraction of the DD to DT reaction rate and modification of neutron emission spectrum by NBI-heating has been studied. Owing to this technic, the measurement was possible even in nT/nD = 1.0. However, the measurable plasma condition is still limited, and further improvement is required. In this study, we consider neutron measurement using the anisotropic neutron spectrum for further improvement of the diagnostics performance. We indicate the effectiveness of the proposed method by discussing the range of measurable plasma condition.