Published August 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Characterization of dust particles produced in an all-tungsten wall tokamak and potentially mobilized by airflow

  • 1. Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSN-RES, SCA, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 2. Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Boltzmannstraße 2, 85748 Garching (Germany)
  • 3. CEA, IRFM, 13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France)
  • 4. Laboratoire Géosciences Paris Sud (GEOPS), UMR 8148, Université Paris Sud, 91403 Orsay Cedex (France)

Description

At the starting of the shutdown of the AUG (ASDEX Upgrade: Axially Symmetric Divertor EXperiment) German tokamak, we collected particles deposited on the divertor surfaces by means of a dedicated device called "Duster Box". This device allows to collect the particles using a controlled airflow with a defined shear stress. Consequently, the particles collected correspond to a potentially mobilizable fraction, by an airflow, of deposited dust. A total of more than 70,000 tungsten particles was, analysed showing a bimodal particle size distribution with a mode composed of flakes at 0.6 μm and a mode composed of spherical particles at 1.8 μm

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.051

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.12.051;
PII
S0022-3115(14)00993-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Journal Volume
463
Journal Page Range
p. 873-876
ISSN
0022-3115
CODEN
JNUMAM

Conference

Title
21. international conference on plasma-surface interactions in controlled fusion devices
Acronym
Plasma-Surface Interactions 21
Dates
26-30 May 2014
Place
Kanazawa (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
47030329
Subject category
S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ASDEX TOKAMAK; AXIAL SYMMETRY; DIVERTORS; DUSTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES; SHEAR; STRESSES; SURFACES; THERMONUCLEAR REACTOR MATERIALS; TUNGSTEN
Descriptors DEC
CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; ELEMENTS; MATERIALS; METALS; REFRACTORY METALS; SIZE; SYMMETRY; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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