Impact of lithium pellets on plasma performance in the ASDEX Upgrade all-metal-wall tokamak

PT Lang, R Maingi, DK Mansfield, RM McDermott… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The impact of lithium (Li) on plasma performance was investigated at the ASDEX Upgrade
tokamak, which features a full tungsten wall. Li pellets containing 1.6× 10 20 Li atoms were …

Progress in development and application of lithium based components for Tokamak

AV Vertkov, IE Lyublinski, MY Zharkov… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Experiments with lithium plasma facing components (PFCs) show promising results for the
operation of hot plasma facilities and the general improvement of plasma parameters. The …

ELM pacing and high-density operation using pellet injection in the ASDEX Upgrade all-metal-wall tokamak

PT Lang, A Burckhart, M Bernert, L Casali… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Edge-localized mode (ELM) triggering and pacing in an all-metal wall environment shows
significant differences to a first-wall configuration containing carbon. Here we report on …

A review of lithium application for the plasma-facing material in EAST Tokamak

JS Hu, L Li, GZ Zuo, Z Sun, W Xu, XC Meng… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - Springer
As a low-Z material, lithium is widely tested and used in tokamak devices for particle
recycling and impurity control to improve plasma performance. Lithium application as …

Particle control and plasma performance in the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment

R Majeski, T Abrams, D Boyle, E Granstedt, J Hare… - Physics of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The Lithium Tokamak eXperiment is a small, low aspect ratio tokamak [Majeski et al., Nucl.
Fusion 49, 055014 (2009)], which is fitted with a stainless steel-clad copper liner, conformal …

Results and future plans of the Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX)

JC Schmitt, T Abrams, LR Baylor, LB Hopkins… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Lithium Tokamak eXperiment (LTX) is a spherical tokamak with the unique capability of
studying the low-recycling regime by coating nearly 90% of the first wall with lithium in either …

A compact lithium pellet injector for tokamak pedestal studies in ASDEX Upgrade

R Arredondo Parra, R Moreno Quicios… - Review of Scientific …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Experiments have been performed at ASDEX Upgrade, aiming to investigate the impact of
lithium in an all-metal-wall tokamak and attempting to enhance the pedestal operational …

Improvement of plasma performance with lithium wall conditioning in Aditya tokamak

MB Chowdhuri, R Manchanda, J Ghosh… - Plasma Science and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Lithiumization of the vacuum vessel wall of the Aditya tokamak using a lithium rod exposed
to glow discharge cleaning plasma has been done to understand its effect on plasma …

Effects of lithium coating of the chamber wall on the STOR-M tokamak discharges

A Rohollahi, S Elgriw, A Mossman, J Adegun… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Lithium (Li) coating of the inner wall of tokamaks has been considered a practical technique
to reduce fuel recycling. Li-coating also improves the tokamak wall condition and reduces …

Different types of lithium coating in tokamak Aditya

SB Bhatt, A Kumar, BK Das, PA Raijada… - … on Plasma Science, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In fusion devices, conditioning of vacuum vessel wall is important to get better plasma
parameters. The impurities affect the plasma parameters such as density, temperature, and …