• 한국진공학회지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.383-387
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 KSTAR 토카막 진공용기의 세정을 위한 방전세정 시스템의 설계에 대해 기술하였다. 먼저 방전세정효율에 영향을 주는 매개변수들에 대해 논의하였으며. 실제 설계에서 직류방전 보다 낮은 압력에서 방전이 시작되고 유지되며 따라서 세정효율이 높은 RG 방전(RF-assisted DC glow discharge) 방법을 채택하였다. 그리고 방전세정의 균일성을 위해 두 개의 방전 전극을 진공용기의 진단포트(A,I-port)에 설치하였다. 설계된 방전세정 시스템은 KSTAR 진공용기 내벽 세정뿐만 아니라 제1벽의 연료재순환(fuel recycling)이나 보론화 처리(boronization)등의 연구에도 응용될 수 있다.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2009년도 제38회 동계학술대회 초록집
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• pp.414-414
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• 2010

KSTAR vacuum vessel has been boronized by carborane ($C_2B_{10}H_{12}$) to reduce various kinds of impurities including carbon and oxygen from the wall, since carborane is solid, non-toxic, non-explosive and is easily evaporated, while diborane ($B_2D_6$) is toxic and explosive. To find the best wall condition for the removal of contaminants before application to KSTAR, various amounts (0.3g, 0.5g, 1g) of carborane are tested in a test chamber, where filament discharge was generated in the mixture of helium and carborane with the same KSTAR target pressure (~ 5 mTorr) from base pressure (${\sim}10^-7\;Torr$). Discharge is performed by a pulse sequence mode with 3 second power on and 5 second power off. Deposited films of a-C/B:H are characterized by ellipsometery, AES and XPS, and are compared with those of KSTAR.

• 진공이야기
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.16-23
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• 2017

Recently, KSTAR, Korea's superconducting fusion energy research and development device, has succeeded in driving the high performance plasma for 70 seconds for the first time in the world. Continuous plasma operation technology is an essential factor for commercialization of fusion energy power generation. Therefore, this achievement is expected to play a major role in the research of fusion technology required for future fusion power plants. In order to operate the KSTAR, the discharge process in which the neutral gas is turned into the plasma should be preceded in the start-up (breakdown) phase of tokamak operation. This process essentially involves the vacuum environment in the tokamak device. KSTAR has successfully operated a vacuum pumping system to achieve the target level of the vacuum environment through a high temperature baking operation, a discharge cleaning process and boronization.