[HTML][HTML] Study of spectral features and depth distributions of boron layers on tungsten substrates by ps-LIBS in a vacuum environment

H Wu, R Yi, A Houben, S Brezinsek, M Rasinski… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Boronization is used in present-devices as wall condition technique due to its effectiveness
in reducing oxygen and other impurities in the vessel as well as improving plasma …

[HTML][HTML] Properties of boron layers deposited during boronisations in W7-X

M Mayer, M Balden, T Bräuer, D Cipciar… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Boronisation was first used for wall conditioning in W7-X during the OP 1.2 b operational
period, which was characterized by the use of the fine-grain graphite Test Divertor Unit …

[HTML][HTML] Migration and balance of 13C in the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X after 13CH4 local injection into the island divertor

C Kawan, S Brezinsek, T Dittmar, CP Dhard… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2024 - Elsevier
A 13 C tracer experiment was carried out to investigate impurity transport and migration in
the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X). About 4.0× 10 22 molecules of 13 C marked …

Applications of machine learning in ion beam analysis of materials

TF da Silva - arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.12312, 2024 - arxiv.org
Ion beam analysis (IBA) is a set of well-established analytical techniques that exploit
interactions of swift ion beams (with kinetic energy typically in the order of hundreds of keV …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of carbon net erosion/deposition at the divertor of W7-X

M Mayer, M Kandler, CP Dhard, S Elgeti, Y Gao… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The net carbon erosion rate at the divertor strike line of W7-X was determined
experimentally during the operational phases OP 1.2 a and OP 1.2 b [M. Mayer et al. Phys …

Erosion and redeposition pattern on the W7-X graphite test divertor unit tile

E Fortuna-Zalesna, W Zielinski, Ł Ciupiński… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A set of plasma-facing components was retrieved from the W7-X vessel after OP1. 2b
campaign with an inertially cooled Test Divertor Unit (TDU) and analyzed postmortem to …

[PDF][PDF] Plasma-wall interaction, exhaust and wall conditioning studies in the stellarator Wendelstein 7-X with actively cooled high heat flux divertor and experiments …

CP Dhard, M Balden, T Bräuer, S Brezinsek… - 8th Asia-Pacific …, 2024 - aappsdpp.org
Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is an optimized stellarator with 3-dimensional twisted geometry. It is
in operation since 2015 and four operational phases (OP) labeled OP1. 1, 1.2 a, 1.2 b and …