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Rapid and massive throughput analysis of a constant volume high-pressure gas injection system

  • Ren, Xiaoli (Key Laboratory of Optical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Zhai, Jia (Institute of Optics and Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Wang, Jihong (Key Laboratory of Optical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Ren, Ge (Key Laboratory of Optical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
  • Received : 2018.07.24
  • Accepted : 2018.12.03
  • Published : 2019.04.25
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Abstract

Fusion power shutdown system (FPSS) is a safety system to stop plasma in case of accidents or incidents. The gas injection system for the FPSS presented in this work is designed to research the flow development in a closed system. As the efficiency of the system is a crucial property, plenty of experiments are executed to get optimum parameters. In this system, the flow is driven by the pressure difference between a gas storage tank and a vacuum vessel with a source pressure. The idea is based on a constant volume system without extra source gases to guarantee rapid response and high throughput. Among them, valves and gas species are studied because their properties could influence the velocity of the fluid field. Then source pressures and volumes are emphasized to investigate the volume flow rate of the injection. The source pressure has a considerable effect on the injected volume. From the data, proper parameters are extracted to achieve the best performance of the FPSS. Finally, experimental results are used as a quantitative benchmark for simulations which can add our understanding of the inner gas flow in the pipeline. In generally, there is a good consistency and the obtained correlations will be applied in further study and design for the FPSS.

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