학술논문

Operation of W7-X With an Inertially Cooled Divertor—On the Way to Steady State Operation
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on. 48(6):1369-1375 Jun, 2020
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Coils
Plasmas
Superconducting magnets
Steady-state
Toroidal magnetic fields
Carbon
Magnetic noise
Divertor operation
operation
steady-state operation
stellarator
Language
ISSN
0093-3813
1939-9375
Abstract
The superconducting stellarator Wendelstein 7-X has completed the first three experimental phases, the first one with a limiter only and two phases with an inertially cooled carbon divertor configuration. The main mission of the latter two phases (the last one with two scraper elements) was to pave the way for the planned steady-state operation with high-power plasmas and a steady-state divertor. Presently, the device is being completed by installing a high-heat-flux (HHF) divertor and the corresponding water-cooling and ten cryo pumps in the divertor chambers. After this completion phase of W7-X, the device is ready for long-pulse divertor operation with heating power beyond 10 MW.