Variation In Emission And Energy Recovery Concerning Incident Angle In A Scheme Recovering High Energy Ions By Secondary Electrons

As an energy recovery device for fast protons produced in D-He-3 nuclear fusion, secondary electron (SE) direct energy converter (SEDEC) was proposed in addition to traveling wave direct energy converter (TWDEC). Some protons passing through a TWDEC come into an SEDEC, where protons penetrate to a number of foil electrodes and emitted SEs are recovered. Following to a development of SE orbit control by magnetic field, dependence on incident angle of protons was examined to optimize structure of SEDEC. Based on a theoretical expectation, experiments were performed by changing incident angle of protons and variation in emission and energy recovery were measured. Both emission and energy recovery increased as the angle increased, and differences with theoretical expectation are discussed. (C) 2016 The Japan Society of Plasma Science and Nuclear Fusion Research