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FTU results with the liquid lithium limiter G.Mazzitelli1, M.L.Apicella1, D. Frigione1, G. Maddaluno1, M.Marinucci1, C.Mazzotta1, V.Pericoli Ridolfini1 , M. Romanelli2, G. Szepesi3, O. Tudisco1 and FTU team 1) Associazione EURATOM-ENEA sulla Fusione, Centro Ricerche di Frascati, C.P. 65 00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy 2) CCFE/Euratom Association, Culham Science Center, OX143DB, UK 3) CFSA University of Warwick, CV47AL, UK 23th IAEA Daejeon Oct 14,2010 1 OUTLINE 1. Experimental Setup 2. Experimental Results Peaked electron density discharges Impurities Heat load/Damages 3. Conclusions 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 2 1. Experimental Setup 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 3 Liquid Lithium Limiter Langmuir probes Thermocouples Heater electrical cables 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 4 Capillary Porous System (CPS) The LLL system is composed by three similar units Liquid lithium surface Mo heater accumulator Thermocouples Heater Li source S.S. box with a cylindrical support 100 mm 34 mm Ceramic break Scheme of fully-equipped lithium limiter unit 5 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli CPS is made as a matt from wire meshes with porous radius 15 µm and wire diameter 30 µm Structural material of wires is S.S. and TUNGSTEN Meshes filled with Li Total lithium area Plasma interacting area Total amount of lithium LLL initial temperature ~ 170 cm2 ~ 50- 85 cm2 ≅ 80 g > 200oC Liquid Lithium Limiter Melting point 180.6 °C Boiling point 1342 °C 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 6 2. Experimental Results 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 7 Peaked electron density discharges Spontaneously the density profile peaks for ne > 1.0 1020 m-3 Central density increases while edge and SOL densities do not change The SOL densities do not follow the FTU scaling law 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli n eSOL ∝ n1.e 46 8 Peaked electron density discharges Very similar peaked density profiles with Li and B at least up to <ne>vol ≈ 1.5*1020m-3 but: with Li it is possible to operate at higher <ne>vol ne(0)/<ne>vol => 2.5 only with Li, in a regime not accessible with B 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 9 Peaked electron density discharges The Greenwald density limit (dashed line) has been exceeded only in discharges with an edge safety factor q(a) > 5 (1/qa < 0.2). In particular: At Ip= 0.7MA, BT=7.1T, qa=5.0, by gas puffing only, a record electron density for FTU has been reached ne=4.0*1020 m-3 (30% beyond Greenwald limit) 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 10 Peaked electron density discharges From JETTO code: χe ≈0.2 m2/s a factor 2 lower than in the unpeaked phase χi ≈0.2-0.3 m2/s close to its neoclassical value. For lithizated discharges the linear ohmic confinement (LOC) extends at higher values, from 54 ms up to 76 ms, that corresponds to the new saturated ohmic confinement (SOC). The ion transport is negligible with respect to the electron one. 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 11 Peaked electron density discharges Gyrokinetic code GKW has been used for microinstability analisys At 0.3 s Li is the only impurity (Zeff=1.9). Li ions change the turbulence spectrum of ITG modes moving the peak of ITG modes toward higher kθρi -At 0.3 s, with Li, the amplitude of the turbolence of ETG modes is lower than without Li At 0.8 s, with or without Li no difference (Zeff=1) 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 12 Peaked electron density discharges The particle flux driven by the ITG modes is dominant in the strong gradient region of the discharge (r/a=0.6). At 0.3s it is inward (negative) for e- and D and outward (positive) for Li, at t=0.8s it is found to be outward for all the species 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 13 IMPURITIES 1,5 10 Counts 4 1 10 4 #27923 Mo Fe O 5000 1,5 100 Counts 4 1 10 #30620 Li lines 4 5000 0 100 150 200 250 λ(A ) ο 300 Although FTU is a fully metallic machine (TZM + SS) the only impurity in the discharge is lithium 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 14 Heat load The heat loads on the three units are evaluated starting from the measure of the surface temperature. The temperature rises in a planar surface under a power flux density q (t) can be written : 1 ∆T (t ) = πρC p k q(t − t ' ) ∫0 t ' dt ' t where CP is specific heat of the material, ρ its density and k the thermal conductivity. 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 15 Heat loads - 1° Case Standard discharge used for lithization Ip = 0.5 MA Bt = 6 T ∆LCMS=1.5 cm #33206 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 16 Heat loads – 1° Case q(MW/m2) #33206 #33206 The temperature rises up to 450 °C at the end of the pulse and 1.5 MW/m2 are withstood for about 1 sec 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 17 HEAT LOADS – 2° Case Ip [x105 A] z(m) LiI [a.u.] LiIII [a.u.] t (s) Heat load on LLL is increased by shifting plasma 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 18 HEAT LOADS #33209 Although the heat load on the LLL is increasing or it should be constant during the time in which the plasma is pushed on the LLL, the temperature doesn’t increase in time but saturates at a maximum value. 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 19 HEAT LOADS q(MW/m2) q(MW/m2) q(MW/m2) For the central unit heat loads in excess of 5 MW/m2 are withstood with a strong peak up to 14 MW/m2 during the plasma disruption. Of course the lithium radiating cloud around the units strongly reduces the heat load and avoids damages to CPS structure. 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 20 No Surface Damage on CPS 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 21 No Surface Damage on CPS Very good behaviour of tungsten structure 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 22 CONCLUSIONS •Lithization is a very good and effective tool for plasma operations and performances •Exposition of a liquid surface on tokamak is possible but the temperature of the liquid lithium must be kept below 500 °C 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 23 Backup Slides 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 24 Heat Load Rate of lithium evaporation in vacuum versus temperature 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 25 HEAT LOADS #28568 - Ip=0.5MA,ne=1.1020m-3, Bt=6T Prad wall TZM e-side LLL TZM iside CCD camera view: the bottom brigth annular ring develops just in between LLL and TZM 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 core 3D sketch (TECXY) of Prad Most (60%) Li radiation (not in coronal equilibrium) in between TZM and LLL Strong interaction plasma - LLL => also density peaks in front of LLL => shorter λn G. Mazzitelli 26 0 Surface temperature T ( C) HEAT LOADS- Thermal analysis 500 Surface temperature deviation from ANSYS calculation at about 1s is probably due to Li radiation in front of the limiter surface. 2 2 MW/m 450 400 350 300 250 200 Calculation with TECXY code support this hypothesis T1 (exp.) T2 (exp.) T3 (exp.) T2 (ANSYS) 0 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 0.5 1 time (s) 1.5 G. Mazzitelli 2 27 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 28 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. Mazzitelli 29 Sensitivity analisys The deuterium flux changes its direction only as a function of lithium density 23th IAEA Oct 14,2010 G. 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