학술논문

Evaluation of heat removal property in W/Cu/RAFM steel joint by using electron beam facility
Document Type
article
Source
Nuclear Materials and Energy, Vol 33, Iss , Pp 101236- (2022)
Subject
W, RAFM steel
Divertor
Heat removal property
Electron beam
Nuclear engineering. Atomic power
TK9001-9401
Language
English
ISSN
2352-1791
Abstract
A reliable technique for creating joints between tungsten (W) and Reduced Activated Ferritic/Martensitic (RAFM) steel with a pure-copper (Cu) interlayer (W/Cu/RAFM steel) has been explored for developing the heat removal component in the baffle and dome of a divertor. The first joint sample of W/Cu/RAFM steel was fabricated by using a brazing technique described in our previous work. In this work, to evaluate the heat removal property, a joint sample was subjected to a steady-state and a repetitive heat loading test with an electron beam facility (ACT2). In the steady-state heat loading test, a step-wised static heat load with ∼0.7, ∼1.0, ∼1.9, ∼2.7, ∼3.6, ∼4.4 and ∼6.0 MW/m2 was applied to the joint sample. The temperatures on the W and RAFM steel showed a linear increasing tendency, as a function of the heat loading value. Also, in the repetitive heat loading test, a 30 s pulse width of 100 cycles was applied with a maximum heat loading value of ∼2.8 and ∼6.0 MW/m2. The obvious temperature excursion, while increasing the heat cycles, was confirmed at ∼6.0 MW/m2. After the heat loading, a major crack in the vicinity of the interface between the W and Cu was confirmed. This crack led to the degradation of the heat removal performance over ∼6.0 MW/m2.