
doi: 10.2172/827840
Successful operation in NSTX of two prototype fast-response micro ionization gauges during plasma operations has motivated us to install five gauges at different toroidal and poloidal locations to measure the edge neutral pressure and its dependence on the type of discharge (L-mode, H-mode, CHI) and the fueling method and location. The edge neutral pressure is also used as an input to the transport analysis codes TRANSP and DEGAS-2. The modified PDX-type Penning gauges are well suited for pressure measurements in the NSTX divertor where the toroidal field is relatively high. Behind the NSTX outer divertor plates where the field is lower, an unshielded fast ion gauge of a new design has been installed. This gauge was developed after laboratory testing of several different designs in a vacuum chamber with applied magnetic fields.
Ionization, Design, Divertors, Transport Diagnostics, Nstx, Testing, Gas Discharges, Pressure Measurement, Plasma, Magnetic Fields, Fusion Power, 70 Plasma Physics And Fusion Technology, Plates, Diagnostics, Tokamaks
Ionization, Design, Divertors, Transport Diagnostics, Nstx, Testing, Gas Discharges, Pressure Measurement, Plasma, Magnetic Fields, Fusion Power, 70 Plasma Physics And Fusion Technology, Plates, Diagnostics, Tokamaks
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