Development of New Concept In-Vessel Cryo-Sorption Pump for LHD Closed Helical Divertor

Abstract

The in-vessel cryo-sorption pump for the Closed Helical Divertor (CHD) in the Large Helical Device (LHD) has been developed at the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS). An organic adhesive-free bonding technique for attaching activated carbon pellets to a copper cold panel was invented, which employs the indium solder with intermediate materials. The prototype of the CHD with the newly developed cryo-sorption pump was installed in the LHD. Performance of the cryo-sorption pump was estimated in the LHD vacuum vessel. A satisfactory result of the maximum pumping speed up to 9 m³/s was obtained with one divertor module in one toroidal section (10% of the torus), which is equivalent to the required pumping speed of the CHD.