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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lumsdaine, A.
• Tipton, J.
• Lore, J.
• McGinnis, D.
• Canik, J.
• Harris, J.
• Peacock, A.
• Boscary, J.
• Tretter, J.
• Andreeva, T.

Titel

Design and analysis of the W7-X divertor scraper element

Ist Teil von

• Fusion engineering and design, 2013-10, Vol.88 (9-10), p.1773-1777

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• •A high heat flux actively cooled divertor component is thermally modeled with CFD.•CFC monoblocks are analyzed to verify peak steady-state temperatures do not exceed 1200°C.•A field line diffusion code is developed to determine the heat flux on the divertor components.•Iteration is required to develop a surface that meets the criteria and fits into the limited space. Thehigh heat-flux divertor of the Wendelstein 7-X large stellarator experiment consists of 10 divertor units which are designed to carry a steady-state heat flux of 10MW/m2. However, the edge elements of this divertor are limited to only 5MW/m2, and may be overloaded in certain plasma scenarios. It is proposed to reduce this heat by placing an additional “scraper element” in each of the ten divertor locations. It will be constructed using carbon fiber composite (CFC) monoblock technology. The design of the monoblocks and the path of the cooling tubes must be optimized in order to survive the significant steady-state heat loads, provide adequate coverage for the existing divertor, be located within sub-millimeter accuracy, and take into account the boundaries to other in vessel components, all at a minimum cost. Computational fluid dynamics modeling has been performed to examine the thermal transfer through the monoblock swirl tube channels for the design of the monoblock orientation. An iterative physics modeling and computer aided design process is being performed to optimize the placement of the scraper element within the severe spatial restrictions.