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Feasibility study of fast swept divertor strike point suppressing transient heat fluxes in big tokamaks.

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    SYSNO ASEP0481373
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleFeasibility study of fast swept divertor strike point suppressing transient heat fluxes in big tokamaks.
    Author(s) Horáček, Jan (UFP-V) RID, ORCID
    Cunningham, G. (GB)
    Entler, Slavomír (UFP-V) ORCID
    Dobias, P. (FR)
    Duban, R. (CZ)
    Imríšek, Martin (UFP-V) RID
    Markovič, Tomáš (UFP-V) RID
    Havlíček, Josef (UFP-V) RID, ORCID
    Enikeev, R. (RU)
    Source TitleFusion Engineering and Design. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0920-3796
    Roč. 123, November (2017), s. 646-649
    Number of pages4 s.
    Publication formPrint - P
    ActionSOFT 2016: Symposium on Fusion Technology /29./
    Event date05.09.2016 - 09.09.2016
    VEvent locationPrague
    CountryCZ - Czech Republic
    Event typeWRD
    Languageeng - English
    CountryCH - Switzerland
    KeywordsDEMO ; ELM ; Divertor ; Heat flux ; Tokamak
    Subject RIVJF - Nuclear Energetics
    OECD categoryNuclear related engineering
    R&D ProjectsGA16-14228S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    LM2015045 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    8D15001 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    LG14002 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    Institutional supportUFP-V - RVO:61389021
    UT WOS000418992000134
    EID SCOPUS85011103413
    DOI10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.01.027
    Annotationn order to avoid metal surface melting of divertor targets of big tokamak fusion reactors by localized ELM heat loads, sudden detachment loss or VDEs, we study a new technique of spreading the heat flux by harmonic divertor strike point sweeping using a dedicated divertor coil. We ran 2D dynamic heat conduction simulation using real infra-red data of large ELMs heat fluxes on JET divertor target, rescaled for EU DEMO reactor (B-0 = 6 T, I-p =21 MA, R-0 = 9 m). Aiming for the surface temperature suppression factor of 4, this requires sweeping with amplitude*frequency=7cm*2 kHz. Building the divertor coil out of 27 tons of copper, this requires 0.8 MW cooling. Triggered by analog divertor heat flux signal, dedicated dynamic Fiesta simulation scenario requires 54 capacitive energy storages at 1500 V (6mF) discharged into 54 divertor coils, each with AC current of 130kA for each ELM event for similar to 4 ms (with waiting time 40 ms). The Ix B-tor forces would yield less than 0.1 mm rotational vibrations of the coil at the ELM frequency (similar to 20 Hz). The DEMO divertor surface temperature suppression reaches factor of 9 with 18 kV, 20 cm, 7.5 kHz, 400 kA. We also calculate system requirements (0.6mF, 5 kV & 60kA -> suppression factor = 2) for ASDEX Upgrade using the upper divertor coil. Since we found no show-stoppers, this technique seems attractive for big tokamaks.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Plasma Physics
    ContactVladimíra Kebza, kebza@ipp.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 052 975
    Year of Publishing2018
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