The impact of the ITER-like wall at JET on disruptions
The impact of the ITER-like wall at JET on disruptions
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DOI:
10.1088/0741-3335/54/12/124032
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发表时间:
2012-12
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
P. Vries;G. Arnoux;A. Huber;J. Flanagan;M. Lehnen;V. Riccardo;C. Reux;S. Jachmich;C. Lowry;G. Calabrò;D. Frigione;M. Tsalas;N. Hartmann;S. Brezinsek;M. Clever;D. Douai;M. Groth;T. Hender;E. Hodille;E. Joffrin;U. Kruezi;G. Matthews;J. Morris;R. Neu;V. Philipps;G. Sergienko;M. Sertoli;J. Contributors
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作者:
P. Vries;G. Arnoux;A. Huber;J. Flanagan;M. Lehnen;V. Riccardo;C. Reux;S. Jachmich;C. Lowry;G. Calabrò;D. Frigione;M. Tsalas;N. Hartmann;S. Brezinsek;M. Clever;D. Douai;M. Groth;T. Hender;E. Hodille;E. Joffrin;U. Kruezi;G. Matthews;J. Morris;R. Neu;V. Philipps;G. Sergienko;M. Sertoli;J. Contributors
The new full-metal ITER-like wall (ILW) at JET was found to have a profound impact on the physics of disruptions. The main difference is a significantly lower fraction (by up to a factor of 5) of energy radiated during the disruption process, yielding higher plasma temperatures after the thermal quench and thus longer current quench times. Thus, a larger fraction of the total energy was conducted to the wall resulting in larger heat loads. Active mitigation by means of massive gas injection became a necessity to avoid beryllium melting already at moderate levels of thermal and magnetic energy (i.e. already at plasma currents of 2 MA). A slower current quench, however, reduced the risk of runaway generation. Another beneficial effect of the ILW is that disruptions have a negligible impact on the formation and performance of the subsequent discharge.