Erosion and screening of tungsten during inter/intra-ELM periods in the JET-ILW divertor

Autor: A. Huber, S. Brezinsek, V. Huber, M. Sertoli, G. Sergienko, I. Borodkina, M. Baruzzo, A. Kirschner, D. Borodin, J. Mailloux, S. Aleiferis, P. Carvalho, K. Lawson, Ch. Linsmeier, A. Meigs, S. Menmuir, Ph. Mertens, E. Pawelec, A. Shaw
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol 25, Iss , Pp 100859- (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2352-1791
DOI: 10.1016/j.nme.2020.100859
Popis: Intra-ELM tungsten sources, which dominate the total W source, are quantified in the inner and outer divertor of JET-ILW. The amount of the sputtered W atoms for individual ELMs demonstrates a clear dependence on the ELM frequency. It decreases when the pedestal temperature is lower and, correspondingly, the ELM frequency is higher. Nevertheless, the entire gross erosion W source (the number of eroded W atoms per second due to ELMs) increases initially with ELM frequency and reaches its maximum at fELM ≈ 50–55 Hz followed by its reduction in the high frequency range.The in/out asymmetry of the intra-ELM W sources during ELMs is a critical issue and is investigated in this contribution. At a lower ELM frequency of about 35 Hz the outer divertor gross W source is larger by a factor of 1.5. However the in/out asymmetry of the W erosion decreases strongly with ELM frequency demonstrating a nearly symmetric W source in both divertor legs at frequencies above 70 Hz. The screening of tungsten in the open magnetic configuration with strike points on tile 5 is more efficient by a factor of about 1.7 than in the corner configuration with the outer strike point at the pumping duct entrance.
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