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 …

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 …

The centrifuge hydrogen pellet injection system at ASDEX Upgrade was extended for
inboard launching. Successful and efficient inboard pellet refueling was realized up to pellet …

This paper reports on the new pellet injection system for refueling the ASDEX Upgrade
tokamak with cubic H2 or D2 pellets having alternative side lengths of 1.5, 1.75, and 2.0 mm …

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

Pellet injectors are used for ablation and refuelling experiments in plasma machines. A
centrifugal injector with direct feed at rotation frequencies of up to 500 Hz for quasi …

The repeating pneumatic hydrogen pellet injector, which was developed at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory (ORNL), has been installed and operated on the Tokamak Fusion Test …

Pellet injectors that produce and accelerate frozen hydrogen isotope pellets are being
developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for fueling of present and future …

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 …