Predictive analysis for triton burnup ratio in HL-2A and HL-2M plasmas

Abstract

Abstract The expected triton burnup ratio was analyzed based on numerical simulation to study the feasibility of demonstrating energetic particle confinement through 1 MeV triton burnup experiments in HL-2A and HL-2M. Calculations were conducted using LORBIT, a collisionless Lorentz orbit code, and FBURN, a neutron emission calculation code based on the classical confinement of energetic particles. First, the orbit loss and radial distribution of the tritons were evaluated using the LORBIT code. The LORBIT code revealed that all tritons were lost within ∼10−6 s in HL-2A, whereas in HL-2M, most of the tritons were still confined at 10−3 s. The FBURN code calculated the deuterium–tritium neutron emission rate using the radial distribution of 1 MeV tritons. The predictive analysis found that nearly no deuterium–tritium neutrons remained in HL-2A at a plasma current of 160 kA. Also, in HL-2M, a significant triton burnup ratio could be obtained at the relatively high plasma currents of 1MA, 2MA, and 3MA. This analysis predicts that the triton burnup ratio exceeds 1% under relatively high plasma current conditions.