Erosion of tungsten and steel in the main chamber of ASDEX Upgrade

Antti Hakola; Seppo Koivuranta; Jari Likonen; A. Herrmann; H. Maier; M. Mayer; R. Neu; V. Rohde; ASDEX Upgrade Team

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.11.034

Erosion of tungsten and steel in the main chamber of ASDEX Upgrade

Antti Hakola^*
, Seppo Koivuranta
, Jari Likonen
, A. Herrmann
, H. Maier
, M. Mayer
, R. Neu
, V. Rohde
, ASDEX Upgrade Team

^*Corresponding author for this work

Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik (IPP)
Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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We have investigated net erosion and deposition of W and P92 steel in ASDEX Upgrade during its full-W operational phase. The outer divertor and the outer midplane are the strongest net erosion region for W, with rates up to 0.12 nm/s and 0.05 nm/s, respectively. The eroded W is transported via the scrape-off layer plasma and predominantly deposited in the upper (20-30%) and inner divertors (40-60%). The inner midplane does not contribute significantly to the erosion-deposition balance such that the remaining W is deposited in shadowed areas of the tokamak. Steel is eroded 3-10 times faster than W but could be used at the top and inner parts of the main chamber where the erosion rate is 0.01 nm/s.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-165
Journal	Journal of Nuclear Materials
Volume	463
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2014.11.034
Publication status	Published - 2015
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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