The pellet injection systems for the next-generation fusion devices (such as the International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) and future fusion reactors will have to provide …

A centrifuge pellet injector designed and built at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is in
operation on Tore Supra. This injector has the capability of injecting up to 100 pellets at …

A new conceptual design of a centrifuge injector for steady state plasma refuelling by solid
hydrogen isotope pellets is presented and discussed. The apparatus has three new …

Pellet injectors are needed to fuel long pulse tokamak plasmas and other magnetic
confinement devices. For this purpose, an apparatus has been developed that forms 1.3 …

The projected fueling requirements of future magnetic confinement devices for controlled
thermonuclear research [eg, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)] …

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has been developing innovative pellet injection
systems for plasma fueling experiments on magnetic fusion confinement devices for about …

As part of the International Thermonuclear Engineering Reactor (ITER) plasma fueling
development program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has fabricated a pellet …

The use of curved guide tubes for transporting frozen H pellets offers great flexibility for
pellet infection into plasma devices. While this technique has been previously employed, an …

The repeating centrifuge pellet injector developed for plasma fuelling experiments at ASDEX
Upgrade was improved to give higher repetition rates. The system is now capable of …

During the last 10 to 15 years, significant progress has been made worldwide in the area of
pellet injection technology. This specialized field of research originated as a possible …