Hello all! To start, a thank you from Phia and I for the help with our system in our last post in fixing our issue. Since then we have been lucky enough to produce plasma at the center of our grid since then. For the application I figure I should mention our advisor to the problem is Dr. Brian Woods.
For our systems we are using an AIDA camera for remote viewing and recording, a Pfeiffer HiCUBE 80 ECO turbo pump with matching PKR-360 Pirani/Cold Cathode gauge, a FRANCE step-up transformer with 15 kV output which we are only half wave rectifying our negative output of, and a Variac VVR to control the transformer. We were able to get to 1E-6 torr after a bake out. I do realize now that I am uploading that our diodes are not visible, but they are attached to the white insulted wire in the third image.
Below are some images of our set up and our plasma that we generated:
This first plasma was our first generation last Wednesday. This was at 1.3 kV at about 17 microns
This is from todays test, the first image is 2.5 kV at about 11 microns
Our second from today, 4.8 kV at about 7 microns
OSU demo fusor success - application for plasma club
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Re: OSU demo fusor success - application for plasma club
Very nice setup. Lots of very high end professional vacuum stuff there. This should be an easy trip to fusion with that system. Keep us informed on your progress.
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Re: OSU demo fusor success - application for plasma club
Nice work getting to plasma!
One suggestion going forward is to watch out for arc over between your high voltage feedthrough and your vacuum off take. When you get two fusion relevant voltages you could see some issue there because they look close to me.
Good luck with your efforts.
Jim K
One suggestion going forward is to watch out for arc over between your high voltage feedthrough and your vacuum off take. When you get two fusion relevant voltages you could see some issue there because they look close to me.
Good luck with your efforts.
Jim K
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Re: OSU demo fusor success - application for plasma club
Very cool. You could potentially swap the viewport and HV feedthrough around. So on one end have the viewport and the vacuum port, then on the over the feedthrough on its own. This would centre the grid as well as avoid issues the close proximity of the vacuum line.