简介：DedicatedexperimentsintheHT-7tokamakwereperformedtoinvestigatethein-fluenceoferosionanddepositiononthemirrorsamples.Thefirstmirror(FM)samplesmadeofpolycrystalline(PC)stainlesssteel(SS),molybdenum(Mo)andtungsten(W)werefixedonaholderatanangleof45withrespecttothehorizontalplaneandsetatdifferentlocationswithdifferentconnectionlengthsalongthemagneticfield.Theopticalreflectivityofthefirstmirrorwasmeasuredbyaspectrophotometerbeforeandafterplasmaexposure.Itwasfoundthatthesurfacemorphologyandspecularreflectivityofthemirrorsamplesaftertheexposureweredifferentwithrespecttothedifferentdistancesfromthemirrorsurfacetothelastclosedfluxsurface(LCFS)oftheplasmainthetokamak.Itwasalsofoundthatshorteningtheconnectionlengthbeforethemirrorsurfacewouldweakentheinfluenceoftheplasmaerosionandimpuritydepositiononthemirrorsurface.Inordertomaintaintheopticalcharacteristicsofthemirrorsurface,itisnecessarytoadoptthein-situcleaningandmirrorprotectiontechniques.

简介：Ionopticsisacriticalcomponentofionthrusters.Atwo-dimensionalaxisymmetricmodelisdevelopedtostudythecharacteristicsofthree-gridelectroncyclotronresonanceionthrusteroptics.Thecodeisbasedonaparticle-in-cellcombinedwiththeMonteCarlocollisionmethodtosimulateiondynamicsandcharge-exchangeprocessesinthegridregion.Thesimulationresultsshowthatthemodecangiveareasonableestimateofthephysicscharacteristicsoftheionoptics.Thedesignoftheionopticssatisfiestherequirementofpreventingelectronbackstreaming.Charge-exchangeionscancausedamagetothegrids,especiallytotheacceleratorgrid.'Barrel'erosioncanincreasetheacceleratorgridapertureradiusatarateof1.91×10~(-11)m/s,whilethedeceleratorgridplaysanimportantroleinreducing'pits-and-grooves'erosion.

简介：FielddistortiongasswitchisoneofthecrucialelementsinaMarxgenerator,fastlineartransformerdriverandotherpulsedpowerinstallations.Theperformanceofthegasswitch,whichisdramaticallyaffectedbythesurfaceroughnessduetoelectrodeerosionduringthedischargeprocess,directlyinfluencestheoutputparameters,stabilityandreliabilityofthepulsedpowersystem.Inthispaper,anelectrodesurfaceroughness(ESR)calculationmodelhasbeenestablishedbasedonagreatdealofexperimentaldataunderoperatingcurrent.Thedischargecurrentwaveform,thepeakheightoftheburr,theradiusandthedepthofetchpitsintheelectrodeerosionregionwereusedtopredicttheESR.Also,experimentalresultsindicatethatthiscalculationmodelcaneffectivelyestimatetheESRofthetestgasswitch.

简介：Theeffectofarcplasmaonelectrodeerosioninaliquidmetalcurrentlimiter(LMCL)isstudied.Basedonasimplifiedtwo-dimensionalmagnetohydrodynamicmodel,theelongatedGaInSnmetalvaporarcanditscontractionprocessinaliquidmetalcurrentlimiteraresimulated.Thedistributionsoftemperature,pressureandvelocityofthearcplasmaarecalculated.Thesimulationresultsindicatethattheelectrodeerosionismainlycausedbytwohightemperaturegasjetflowsarisingfromthepressuregradient,whichisaresultofthenon-uniformarctemperaturedistribution.Thegasflows,whichactasjetsontotheelectrodesurface,leadtotheevaporationoftheelectrodematerialformthesurface.Aredesignstructureoftheelectrodeisproposedandimplementedaccordingtotheanalysis,whichgreatlyincreasedtheservicelifeoftheelectrode.

简介：Opticalemissionspectroscopy(OES)wasappliedforplasmacharacterizationduringtheerosionofasphaltenesubstrates.Anamountof100mgofasphaltenewascarefullyappliedtoanelectrodeandexposedtoair-plasmaglowdischargeatapressureof1.0Torr.Theplasmawasgeneratedinastainlesssteeldischargechamberbyanacgeneratoratafrequencyof60Hz,outputpowerof50Wandagasflowrateof1.8L/min.Theelectrontemperatureandiondensitywereestimatedtobe2.15±0.11eVand(1.24±0.05)×1016m-3,respectively,usingadoubleLangmuirprobe.OESwasemployedtoobservetheemissionfromtheasphalteneexposedtoairplasma.BothmolecularbandemissionfromN2,N+2,OH,CH,NH,O2aswellasCN,andatomiclightemissionfromVandHγwereobservedandusedtomonitortheevolutionofasphalteneerosion.Theasphalteneerosionwasanalyzedwiththeaidofascanningelectronmicroscope(SEM)equippedwithanenergydispersiveX-ray(EDX)detector.TheEDXanalysisshowedthatthetimeevolutionofelementsC,O,SandVweresimilar;andthechemicalcompositionoftheexposedasphaltenesremainedconstant.Particlesizeevolutionwasmeasured,showingamaximumsizeof2307μmafter60min.Thisbehaviorismostlikelyrelatedtoparticleagglomerationasafunctionoftime.