Comparison of JET inner wall erosion in the first three ITER-like wall campaigns

TY - JOUR

T1 - Comparison of JET inner wall erosion in the first three ITER-like wall campaigns

AU - Krat, S.

AU - Mayer, M.

AU - Coad, J.P.

AU - Lungu, C.P.

AU - Heinola, K.

AU - Baron-Wiechec, A.

AU - Jepu, I.

AU - Widdowson, A.

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s)

PY - 2021/12

Y1 - 2021/12

N2 - The net erosion of material from recessed areas of the JET main chamber inner wall during the first three ITER-like wall (JET-ILW) campaigns was studied using long-term samples with Be and W marker layers. The samples were analyzed using elastic backscattering spectrometry (EBS) before and after each campaign. It was found that the erosion for both Be and W was roughly homogeneously distributed in both toroidal and poloidal directions, possibly with a small maximum near the middle of the inner wall and a minimum near the bottom of the wall, as well as several toroidal distribution features. The net erosion rate of Be decreased by a factor of two between the first and the second JET-ILW campaigns, and remained unchanged during the third JET-ILW campaign. Three possible explanations are presented: a campaign to test the power handling capability of the limiter in ILW1, a change in incident particle energy distribution, and a change in limiter to divertor discharge time ratio. The net erosion rate of W remained almost unchanged through the first two JET-ILW campaigns. In the third JET-ILW campaign the net erosion rate of W from the inner wall was about 1.6 times higher than previously observed, indicating a change in the energy spectrum of particles eroding the inner wall, and the occasional addition of Kr and Xe to the fuelling.

AB - The net erosion of material from recessed areas of the JET main chamber inner wall during the first three ITER-like wall (JET-ILW) campaigns was studied using long-term samples with Be and W marker layers. The samples were analyzed using elastic backscattering spectrometry (EBS) before and after each campaign. It was found that the erosion for both Be and W was roughly homogeneously distributed in both toroidal and poloidal directions, possibly with a small maximum near the middle of the inner wall and a minimum near the bottom of the wall, as well as several toroidal distribution features. The net erosion rate of Be decreased by a factor of two between the first and the second JET-ILW campaigns, and remained unchanged during the third JET-ILW campaign. Three possible explanations are presented: a campaign to test the power handling capability of the limiter in ILW1, a change in incident particle energy distribution, and a change in limiter to divertor discharge time ratio. The net erosion rate of W remained almost unchanged through the first two JET-ILW campaigns. In the third JET-ILW campaign the net erosion rate of W from the inner wall was about 1.6 times higher than previously observed, indicating a change in the energy spectrum of particles eroding the inner wall, and the occasional addition of Kr and Xe to the fuelling.

KW - Erosion

KW - Ion beam analysis

KW - JET-ILW

KW - Plasma-wall Interaction

KW - Tokamak

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85120690588&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1016/j.nme.2021.101072

DO - 10.1016/j.nme.2021.101072

M3 - 文章

SN - 2352-1791

VL - 29

JO - Nuclear Materials and Energy

JF - Nuclear Materials and Energy

M1 - 101072

ER -