Skip to main content
SHARE
Publication

The super X divertor (SXD) and a compact fusion neutron source (CFNS)...

Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Nuclear Fusion
Publication Date
Page Number
035003
Volume
50
Issue
3

A new magnetic geometry, the super X divertor (SXD), is invented to solve severe heat exhaust problems in high power density fusion plasmas. SXD divertor plates are moved to the largest major radii inside the TF coils, increasing the wetted area by 2-3 and the line length by 2-5. Two-dimensional fluid simulations with SOLPS (Schneider et al 2006 SOLPS 2-D edge calculation code Contrib. Plasma Phys. 46) show a several-fold decrease in divertor heat flux and plasma temperature at the plate. A small high power density tokamak using SXD is proposed, for either (1) useful fusion applications using conservative physics, such as a component test facility (CTF) or fission fusion hybrid, or (2) to develop more advanced physics modes for a pure fusion reactor in an integrated fusion environment.