Baseline high heat flux and plasma facing materials for fusion

Y Ueda, K Schmid, M Balden, JW Coenen… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
In fusion reactors, surfaces of plasma facing components (PFCs) are exposed to high heat
and particle flux. Tungsten and Copper alloys are primary candidates for plasma facing …

Conceptual design study for heat exhaust management in the ARC fusion pilot plant

AQ Kuang, NM Cao, AJ Creely, CA Dennett… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The ARC pilot plant conceptual design study has been extended beyond its initial scope [BN
Sorbom et al., FED 100 (2015) 378] to explore options for managing∼ 525 MW of fusion …

Sub-ms laser pulse irradiation on tungsten target damaged by exposure to helium plasma

S Kajita, S Takamura, N Ohno, D Nishijima… - Nuclear …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of a transient heat load on tungsten damaged by helium plasma irradiation have
been investigated using a ruby laser with long pulse duration in the divertor simulator …

Effects of ELMs on ITER divertor armour materials

A Zhitlukhin, N Klimov, I Landman, J Linke… - Journal of nuclear …, 2007 - Elsevier
This paper is concerned with investigation of an erosion of the ITER-like divertor plasma
facing components under plasma heat loads expected during the Type I ELMs in ITER …

Recrystallization and grain growth induced by ELMs-like transient heat loads in deformed tungsten samples

A Suslova, O El-Atwani, D Sagapuram, SS Harilal… - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Tungsten has been chosen as the main candidate for plasma facing components (PFCs)
due to its superior properties under extreme operating conditions in future nuclear fusion …

Application of powerful quasi-steady-state plasma accelerators for simulation of ITER transient heat loads on divertor surfaces

VI Tereshin, AN Bandura, OV Byrka… - Plasma Physics and …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The paper presents the investigations of high power plasma interaction with material
surfaces under conditions simulating the ITER disruptions and type I ELMs. Different …

The latest results from ELM-simulation experiments in plasma accelerators

IE Garkusha, NI Arkhipov, NS Klimov, VA Makhlaj… - Physica …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent results of ELM-simulation experiments with quasi-stationary plasma accelerators
(QSPAs) Kh-50 (Kharkov, Ukraine) and QSPA-T (Troitsk, Russia) as well as experiments in …

Investigation of tungsten and beryllium behaviour under short transient events

G Pintsuk, W Kühnlein, J Linke, M Rödig - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2007 - Elsevier
The study of melting behaviour and crack formation, which occurs during short transient
events, is of significant importance for the qualification of materials for future fusion devices …

Experimental simulation of materials degradation of plasma-facing components using lasers

N Farid, SS Harilal, O El-Atwani, H Ding… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The damage and erosion of plasma-facing components (PFCs) due to extremely high heat
loads and particle bombardment is a key issue for the nuclear fusion community. Currently …

Modelling of Kelvin–Helmholtz instability and splashing of melt layers from plasma-facing components in tokamaks under plasma impact

GV Miloshevsky, A Hassanein - Nuclear fusion, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma-facing components (PFCs) in tokamaks are exposed to high-heat loads during
abnormal events such as plasma disruptions and edge-localized modes. The most …