Behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to ITER ELMs and disruptions

The paper presents the main results of numerous experiments carried out over the past 10 years at QSPA-T and QSPA-Be plasma guns in support of ITER. Special targets made of pure W, W-1%La2O3 and two types of Be (TGP-56FW and S65-C) were tested under the series of repeated plasma stream and photonic...

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Main Authors: D.V. Kovalenko, N.S. Klimov, V.L. Podkovyrov, I.B. Kupriyanov, N.P. Poresanov, N.E. Zabirova, E.B. Bazaleev, V.M. Safronov, A.D. Muzichenko, A.B. Putrik, A.M. Zhitlukhin
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Published: Elsevier 2017-08-01
Series:Nuclear Materials and Energy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179116301697
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author D.V. Kovalenko
N.S. Klimov
V.L. Podkovyrov
I.B. Kupriyanov
N.P. Poresanov
N.E. Zabirova
E.B. Bazaleev
V.M. Safronov
A.D. Muzichenko
A.B. Putrik
A.M. Zhitlukhin
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N.S. Klimov
V.L. Podkovyrov
I.B. Kupriyanov
N.P. Poresanov
N.E. Zabirova
E.B. Bazaleev
V.M. Safronov
A.D. Muzichenko
A.B. Putrik
A.M. Zhitlukhin
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description The paper presents the main results of numerous experiments carried out over the past 10 years at QSPA-T and QSPA-Be plasma guns in support of ITER. Special targets made of pure W, W-1%La2O3 and two types of Be (TGP-56FW and S65-C) were tested under the series of repeated plasma stream and photonic flux impact. Maximum heat load on the target surface was up to 2.5MJ/m2 in the case of plasma testing and was equal to 0.5MJ/m2 in the case of photonic flux testing. Pulse waveform was rectangular with tpulse= 0.5ms. It was found that the main erosion mechanisms of W and Be under plasma stream impact are the melt layer movement, the ejection of droplets and the cracks formation. As a result of repeated photonic fluxes a regular, “corrugated” structure are eventually formed on the Be target surface. Study of erosion products of W formed under plasma stream impact on the W target has shown that the D/W atomic ratio in the deposited W films during pulsed events may be the same or even higher than that for stationary processes. Keywords: ITER, Tungsten, Beryllium, Transient events, Material erosion, Erosion products
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spelling doaj.art-8ddff883bbb24be183788034a846601b2022-12-22T02:42:36ZengElsevierNuclear Materials and Energy2352-17912017-08-0112156163Behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to ITER ELMs and disruptionsD.V. Kovalenko0N.S. Klimov1V.L. Podkovyrov2I.B. Kupriyanov3N.P. Poresanov4N.E. Zabirova5E.B. Bazaleev6V.M. Safronov7A.D. Muzichenko8A.B. Putrik9A.M. Zhitlukhin10SRC RF TRINITI, ul. Pushkovykh, vladenie 12, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russia; Corresponding author.SRC RF TRINITI, ul. Pushkovykh, vladenie 12, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russia; National Research Nuclear University «MEPhI», Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow 115409, RussiaSRC RF TRINITI, ul. Pushkovykh, vladenie 12, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, RussiaBochvar Institute, ul. Rogova, 5a, Moscow, 123098, RussiaBochvar Institute, ul. Rogova, 5a, Moscow, 123098, RussiaBochvar Institute, ul. Rogova, 5a, Moscow, 123098, RussiaBochvar Institute, ul. Rogova, 5a, Moscow, 123098, RussiaInstitution Project center ITER, Akademika Kurchatova pl., 1, Moscow, 123182, RussiaSRC RF TRINITI, ul. Pushkovykh, vladenie 12, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, RussiaSRC RF TRINITI, ul. Pushkovykh, vladenie 12, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, RussiaSRC RF TRINITI, ul. Pushkovykh, vladenie 12, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, RussiaThe paper presents the main results of numerous experiments carried out over the past 10 years at QSPA-T and QSPA-Be plasma guns in support of ITER. Special targets made of pure W, W-1%La2O3 and two types of Be (TGP-56FW and S65-C) were tested under the series of repeated plasma stream and photonic flux impact. Maximum heat load on the target surface was up to 2.5MJ/m2 in the case of plasma testing and was equal to 0.5MJ/m2 in the case of photonic flux testing. Pulse waveform was rectangular with tpulse= 0.5ms. It was found that the main erosion mechanisms of W and Be under plasma stream impact are the melt layer movement, the ejection of droplets and the cracks formation. As a result of repeated photonic fluxes a regular, “corrugated” structure are eventually formed on the Be target surface. Study of erosion products of W formed under plasma stream impact on the W target has shown that the D/W atomic ratio in the deposited W films during pulsed events may be the same or even higher than that for stationary processes. Keywords: ITER, Tungsten, Beryllium, Transient events, Material erosion, Erosion productshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179116301697
spellingShingle D.V. Kovalenko
N.S. Klimov
V.L. Podkovyrov
I.B. Kupriyanov
N.P. Poresanov
N.E. Zabirova
E.B. Bazaleev
V.M. Safronov
A.D. Muzichenko
A.B. Putrik
A.M. Zhitlukhin
Behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to ITER ELMs and disruptions
Nuclear Materials and Energy
title Behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to ITER ELMs and disruptions
title_full Behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to ITER ELMs and disruptions
title_fullStr Behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to ITER ELMs and disruptions
title_full_unstemmed Behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to ITER ELMs and disruptions
title_short Behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to ITER ELMs and disruptions
title_sort behavior of divertor and first wall armour materials at plasma heat fluxes relevant to iter elms and disruptions
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179116301697
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