(page updated on 20 July 2008)

 

Publications

  1. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, A. L. Roquemore, Supersonic gas injector for fueling and diagnostic applications on the National Spherical Torus Experiment, Review of Scientific Instruments, October 2004, Volume 75, Issue 10, pp. 4320-4323 [PDF ]

  2. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, A. L. Roquemore, D. P. Stotler, Supersonic gas jet for fueling experiments on NSTX, Paper P2.190,  Proceedings of the 31st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 28 June - 2 July 2004, London, United Kingdom [PDF ]

  3. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, A. L. Roquemore, M. Bell, W. Blanchard, C. Bush, R. Gernhardt, G. Gettelfinger, T. Gray, R. Majeski, J. Menard, T. Provost, R. Raman, P. Sichta, Supersonic gas injector for plasma fueling, Paper SOFE05-086, Proceedings of the 21st IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE05), 26 - 29 September 2005, Knoxville, Tennessee [PDF ]

  4. V. A. Soukhanovskii, M. G. Bell, W. R. Blanchard, J. K. Dong, R. C. Gernhardt, R. Kaita, H. W. Kugel, T. J. Provost, A. L. Roquemore, P. Sichta, High pressure supersonic gas jet fueling on NSTX, Paper SOFE07-000, Proceedings of he 22nd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering  (SOFE07), 17-21 June 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico  [PDF ]

  5. V. A. Soukhanovskii, M. G. Bell, R. E. Bell, D. A. Gates, R. Kaita, H. W. Kugel, B. P. LeBlanc, D. P. Lundber, R. Maingi, J. E. Menard, R. Raman, A. L. Roquemore, D. P. Stotler, H-mode fueling optimization with the supersonic deuterium jet in NSTX, Paper P2.109,  Proceedings of the 35th EPS Plasma Physics Conference, 9-13 June 2008, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, [PDF ]

Presentations

  1. V. A. Soukhanovskii, Supersonic Gas Injector for Improved Fueling and Plasma Diagnostics, FY 2002 NSTX Research Forum, November 2001, Princeton, New Jersey [PDF ]

  2. V. A. Soukhanovskii, Supersonic Gas Nozzle for Fueling, NSTX Five Year Plan Ideas Forum, June 2002, Princeton, New Jersey [PDF ]

  3. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, G. Gettelfinger, T. Gray, S. Zaidi, L. Smits, Supersonic gas nozzle as a fueling and diagnostic tool for NSTX, Poster LP1.012, 45th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, October 27-31, 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico [PDF ]

  4. T. Gray, R. Majeski, G. Gettelfinger, R. Kaita, H. Kugel, V. Soukhanovskii, S. Zaidi, Design and Testing of a Supersonic Gas Injector on CDX-U, Poster QP1.056, 45th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, October 27-31, 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico

  5. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, A. L. Roquemore, Supersonic gas injector for fueling and diagnostic applications on the National Spherical Torus Experiment, Poster G41,  The 15th Topical Conference on High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics, 19-22 April 2004, San Diego, California

  6. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, R. Majeski, A. L. Roquemore, D. P. Stotler, Supersonic gas jet for fueling experiments on NSTX, Poster P2.190, 31st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 28 June - 2 July 2004, London, United Kingdom

  7. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, A. L. Roquemore, First results from NSTX supersonic gas jet fueling experiments, NSTX FY 2004 Results Review, 20-21 September 2004, Princeton, New Jersey [PDF ]

  8. T. Gray, R. Majeski, G. Gettelfinger, R. Kaita, H. Kugel, V. Soukhanovskii, S. Zaidi, Design and Testing of a Supersonic Gas Injector on CDX-U, Poster PP1.028, 46th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, November 15 - 19, 2004, Savannah, Georgia

  9. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, A. L. Roquemore, M. Bell, W. Blanchard, C. Bush, R. Gernhardt, G. Gettelfinger, T. Gray, R. Majeski, J. Menard, T. Provost, R. Raman, P. Sichta, Supersonic gas injector for plasma fueling, Poster B14, The 21st IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE05), 26 - 29 September 2005, Knoxville, Tennessee [PDF ]

  10. V.A. Soukhanovskii, H.W. Kugel, R. Kaita, A.L. Roquemore, with contributions from M. Bell, W. Blanchard, C. Bush, R. Gernhardt, G. Gettelfinger, T. Gray, R. Majeski, J. Menard, T. Provost, R. Raman, P. Sichta, Supersonic gas jet fueling (Results from XP 516), NSTX FY 2005 Results Review, 12-13 December 2005, Princeton, New Jersey [PDF ]

  11. V.A. Soukhanovskii, H.W. Kugel, R. Kaita, A.L. Roquemore, R. Raman, M. G. Bell, R. E. Bell, C. E. Bush, D. A. Gates, T. Gray, B. P. LeBlanc, K. C. Lee, R. Maingi, J. Menard, and the NSTX Team, Supersonic gas jet fueling experiments on the National Spherical Torus Experiment, Poster P5.118, 33d EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, 19 - 23 June 2006, Roma, Italy [PDF ]

  12. V. A. Soukhanovskii, H. W. Kugel, R. Kaita, A. L. Roquemore, M. G. Bell, R. E. Bell, D. A. Gates, T. Gray, B. P. LeBlanc, J. E. Menard, D.P. Stotler, K. Williams, R. Raman, C.E. Bush, R. Maingi, K. C. Lee, R. Maqueda, and the NSTX team, Supersonic gas jet fueling experiments in NSTX, Contributed Oral NO1.14, 48th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 30 October - 3 November, 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  [PDF ]

  13. V. A. Soukhanovskii, M. G. Bell, W. R. Blanchard, J. K. Dong, R. C. Gernhardt, R. Kaita, H. W. Kugel, T. J. Provost, A. L. Roquemore, P. Sichta, High pressure supersonic gas jet fueling on NSTX, Poster P1-27, The 22nd IEEE/NPSS Symposium on Fusion Engineering  (SOFE07), 17-21 June 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico  [PDF ]

  14. D.P. Lundberg, V.A. Soukhanovskii, M.G. Bell, R.E. Bell, R. Kaita, H.W. Kugel, B.P. Leblanc, J.E. Menard, A.L. Roquemore, D.P. Stotler, R. Maingi, R. Raman, Supersonic gas jet fueling efficiency studies, Poster TP8.100, 49th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, 12 - 16 November 2007, Orlando, Florida, [PDF ]

  15. V. A. Soukhanovskii, M. G. Bell, R. E. Bell, D. A. Gates, R. Kaita, H. W. Kugel, B. P. LeBlanc, D. P. Lundber, R. Maingi, J. E. Menard, R. Raman, A. L. Roquemore, D. P. Stotler, H-mode fueling optimization with the supersonic deuterium jet in NSTX, Poster P2.109, 35th EPS Plasma Physics Conference, 9-13 June 2008, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, [PDF ]

 

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* This research is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under contracts

   No. DE-AC52-07NA27344 at LLNL and DE-AC02-76CH03073 at PPPL

Contact: Dr. Vlad Soukhanovskii, Phone: 609-243-2064, Email: vlad "at" llnl.gov
  Dr. Henry W. Kugel, Phone: 609-243-3146, Email: hkugel "at" pppl.gov