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News Release from: Cedip Infrared Systems | Subject: Jade
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 February 2003
Cameras check up on fusion reactor
plasma
The French Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique has released the first images from a network of 12 advanced IR cameras observing the plasma facing components in the Tore Supra nuclear fusion reactor.
The French Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA) has released the first images from a network of 12 advanced IR cameras supplied by Cedip Infrared Systems for the observation of the plasma facing components in the Tore Supra nuclear fusion reactor The Tore Supra Tokamak reactor based on the Cadarache site, in the Provence region near Aix en Provence provides leading-edge facilities in the field of nuclear fusion research
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 21 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Initial published results illustrate the spectral distribution of measured energy at different points within the reactor and high-resolution IR images demonstrating the integrity status of critical components such as the torroidal limiter.
Based upon Cedip's advanced Jade infra-red technology the observation of the inner wall of the reactor is made through IR endoscopes connected to cameras located in a remote compartment of the reactor.
Each endoscope in the installation observes a different region of the reactor and the thermal protection inside it.
The plasma facing components within the reactor are subjected to a tempeature that can range from 100 to 1500C.
To provide a working solution Cedip developed its Jade infra-red camera technology such that it would operate in a strong magnetic field and provide data across the full temperature scale in a single range as there was no time to switch between measurement ranges as the temperature increases.
Accommodating the core detector and processing electronics in a low carbon steel to shield the internal camera parts from the magnetic field the Agathe system is now demonstrating the leading edge thermal sensitivity, wide dynamic range and high-speed image acquisition to operate in the harsh internal environment of a nuclear fusion reactor.
The original contract was awarded to Cedip through an international call for tenders where all the major manufacturers of infra-red systems were bidding. Request a free brochure from Cedip Infrared Systems ...
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