MEMOS 3D modelling of ELM-induced transient melt damage on an inclined tungsten surface in the ASDEX Upgrade outer divertor

0507456 - ÚFP 2020 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Thorén, E. - Ratynskaia, S. - Tolias, P. - Pitts, R.A. - Krieger, K. - Komm, Michael - Bakenhaster, M.
MEMOS 3D modelling of ELM-induced transient melt damage on an inclined tungsten surface in the ASDEX Upgrade outer divertor.
Nuclear Materials and Energy. Roč. 17, December (2018), s. 194-199. E-ISSN 2352-1791
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 633053 - EUROfusion
Institutional support: RVO:61389021
Keywords : Melting * Tungsten * Divertor * Melt layer motion * memos * Thermionic emission
OECD category: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impact factor: 2.025, year: 2018
Method of publishing: Open access
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The first MEMOS 3D simulations of liquid metal motion on an inclined bulk tungsten sample transiently molten by edge-localized modes (ELMs) are reported. The exposures took place at the outer ASDEX-Upgrade divertor with the tungsten surface tangent intersecting the magnetic field at similar to 18 degrees. Simulations confirm that the observed poloidal melt motion is caused by the volumetric J x B force with J the bulk replacement current triggered by thermionic emission. The final erosion profile and total melt build up are reproduced by employing the escaping thermionic current dependence on the incident heat flux derived from dedicated particle-in-cell simulations. Modelling reveals that melt dynamics is governed by the volumetric Lorentz force, capillary flows due to thermal surface tension gradients and viscous deceleration. The effect of the evolving surface deformation, that locally alters the field-line inclination modifying the absorbed power flux and the escaping thermionic current, in the final surface morphology is demonstrated to be significant.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0298440