학술논문

Temporal and Spatial PFC Temperature Profiles in KSTAR 2010
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on. 40(6):1768-1772 Jun, 2012
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Plasma temperature
Temperature measurement
Temperature sensors
Heating
Discharges
Heat flux
H-mode
plasma facing component (PFC)
PFC baking
Language
ISSN
0093-3813
1939-9375
Abstract
In- and outboard plasma facing components (PFCs) of Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) have been fully installed in 2010 for D-shaped diverted plasmas. Before the start of plasma operation, the PFCs were baked up to 200 $^{\circ}\hbox{C}$ by hot nitrogen gas circulation system to remove impurities including water. The surface temperature of the PFC tiles was monitored by 200 thermocouple sensors during the plasma operation [plasma shot or glow discharge cleaning (GDC)], and the temporal and spatial (poloidal) temperature profiles are obtained. Depending on the heat flux on each tile, the surface temperature shows time-dependent behavior. After 1-h morning He GDC, the temperature of the PFCs at the inboard side has reached to 40 $^{\circ}\hbox{C}$. After an H-mode shot, the temperature of divertor tiles around the striking points was substantially increased. The time-averaged total heat flux after a few of L- and H-modes in 2010 was estimated to be approximately 0.010 $\hbox{MW/m}^{2}$.