Development of continuous pellet injector for Large Helical Device

Prototype continuous pellet injector has been designed and is under construction for the Large Helical Device at National Institute for Fusion Science in Japan. This injector is a centrifuge type, aiming at long-pulse pellet injection. A centrifuge pellet injector is a mechanical device that utilizes centrifugal force to accelerate solid hydrogen-isotope pellets using a high-speed rotating rotor. The injector consists of a hydrogen-isotope filament extruder, a pellet forming device, and a pellet accelerator. It is expected that pellets of 1 mm and 1.5 mm in diameter and length will be accelerated up to 800 m/sec in this system.