Published December 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Studies on physical processes in divertor plate of free-surface liquid-lithium

  • 1. Southwestern Inst. of Physics (China)

Description

A comprehensive physical model including high temperature liquid lithium evaporation, expansion motion of lithium vapor, shielding effects of vapor cloud on incoming plasma particles and photon radiation and transport in the lithium vapor cloud plasma has been presented. A formula to describe the temperature-dependent evaporation power is derived. The maximum temperature rises of stationary liquid lithium surface target plate are compared under the intense deposition of energy (10 MJ/m2) over short period (1 ms) for considering or not considering evaporation processes respectively. The results show that large amount of surface heat load can be removed even by stationary free-surface liquid-lithium target plate due to rapid evaporation. The energy depositions of incoming high-energy particles and weekly relativistic electrons from SOL are calculated

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Chinese Journal of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 373-384
ISSN
0258-0918

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