Published July 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Time resolved collection and characterization of dust particles moving in the TEXTOR scrape-off layer

  • 1. Department of Fusion Plasma Physics, Association EURATOM-VR, School of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, S-10405 Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 2. Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Association EURATOM-VR, Div Space and Plasma Phys, S-10044 Stockholm (Sweden)
  • 3. Institut für Energie und Klimaforschung – Plasmaphysik, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Trilateral Euregio Cluster, Association EURATOM-FZ Jülich, D-52425 Jülich (Germany)
  • 4. Uppsala Universitet, Tandem Laboratory, Association EURATOM-VR, S-75105 Uppsala (Sweden)

Description

Moving dust has been collected in the SOL of TEXTOR in a time-resolved way with silica aerogel collectors [1–3]. The collectors were exposed to the toroidal particle flux in NBI heated discharges during the start-up and flat top phase. Intrinsic dust was collected in several discharges. Other discharges were accompanied with injection of known amounts of pre-characterized dust (W, C flakes and C microspheres) from a position toroidally 120° away from the collector. Particle flux, composition and dust size distribution have been determined with SEM and EDX. Calibration allowed particle velocity estimates to be made. Upper limits for the deuterium content of individual dust grains have been determined by NRA

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.144

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.144;
PII
S0022-3115(13)00152-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
438
Journal Issue
Suppl
Journal Page Range
p. S681-S685
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

Conference

Title
20. international conference on plasma-surface interactions in controlled fusion devices
Acronym
PSI-20
Dates
21-25 May 2012
Place
Aachen (Germany)

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