Review of multispectral radiation thermometry data processing algorithms

H Huang, Z Zhang, Y Niu, C Zhang, J Jiang - Infrared Physics & Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Multispectral radiation thermometry is one of the most effective methods to obtain object true
temperature and emissivity information in radiation thermometry. How to improve the …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical expressions for thermophysical properties of solid and liquid beryllium relevant for fusion applications

P Tolias - Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The status of the literature is reviewed for thermophysical properties of pure polycrystalline
solid and liquid beryllium which constitute input for the modeling of intense plasma–surface …

Investigation of plasma wall interactions between tungsten plasma facing components and helium plasmas in the WEST tokamak

E Tsitrone, B Pegourie, JP Gunn, E Bernard… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
ITER will operate with a tungsten divertor, a material featuring surface morphology changes
when exposed to helium plasmas, in particular the formation of the so called tungsten fuzz …

Sustained W-melting experiments on actively cooled ITER-like plasma facing unit in WEST

Y Corre, A Grosjean, JP Gunn, K Krieger… - Physica …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The consequences of tungsten (W) melting on divertor lifetime and plasma operation are
high priority issues for ITER. Sustained and controlled W-melting experiment has been …

Overview of the emissivity measurements performed in WEST: in situ and post-mortem observations

J Gaspar, Y Corre, F Rigollet, MH Aumeunier… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper summarizes the emissivity measurements performed on the plasma-facing units
(PFU) of the WEST lower divertor during the first phase of WEST running with a mix of …

In-situ assessment of the emissivity of tungsten plasma facing components of the WEST tokamak

J Gaspar, MH Aumeunier, M Le Bohec… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a method was developed to estimate in-situ the emissivity of the W-coated
graphite divertor tiles in the WEST tokamak. This method is based on the double heating …

Divertor power loads and scrape off layer width in the large aspect ratio full tungsten tokamak WEST

J Gaspar, Y Corre, N Fedorczak, JP Gunn… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
WEST is a full W tokamak with an extensive set of diagnostics for heat load measurements
especially in the lower divertor. It is composed by infrared thermography, thermal …

[HTML][HTML] The transient thermal ageing of Eurofer 97 by mitigated plasma disruptions

J Hargreaves, HE Tipping, S Moore, D Kumar… - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
Plasma disruptions in a commercial-scale tokamak will impose high magnitude, short-
duration thermal loads on its plasma-facing first wall. Despite a plethora of mitigation …

Thermionic emission of a tungsten surface in high heat flux plasma: PIC simulations

J Moritz, S Heuraux, N Lemoine, M Lesur… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The surface temperature of a tungsten surface facing hot hydrogen plasma is evaluated,
thanks to 1d/3v particle-in-cell simulations in floating wall conditions. At each iteration, the …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in morphology and field emission property of nano-tendril bundles after high temperature annealing

R Zhang, S Kajita, D Hwangbo, D Sinelnikov… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nano-tendril bundles (NTBs) are known to be formed on tungsten by helium plasma
exposure with additional neon impurity gas. In this study, the annealing experiments were …