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Article Dans Une Revue Nuclear Materials and Energy Année : 2023

Reducing tin droplet ejection from capillary porous structures under hydrogen plasma exposure in Magnum-PSI

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Liquid metal based divertors could be a more robust alternative to a solid tungsten design for DEMO. The liquid is confined in a sponge-like tungsten layer, called a capillary porous structure (CPS). It has been found previously that under certain conditions, many tin droplets eject from a CPS when it is brought into contact with a hydrogen plasma. These would present a contamination issue for the plasma core. Stability analysis suggests that droplet ejection can be suppressed by reduction of the pore size. To test this, stainless-steel CPS targets with pore size ranging from 0.5-100 μm filled with tin were exposed to identical loading conditions. This was done in the linear plasma device Magnum-PSI, capable of reaching divertor relevant plasma conditions. Furthermore, the influence of the CPS manufacturing techniques is considered by comparing the performance of a 3D printed, a mesh felts and a sintered CPS, all made from tungsten. Each target was surrounded by four witness plates, which were analysed post-mortem for Sn content by Rutherford backscattering. During plasma exposure, tin droplets were observed using a fast visible camera and plasma light emission via survey optical emission spectroscopy. The results imply that Sn erosion can be reduced by a factor of 50 when reducing the pore size. Moreover, it highlights the importance of avoiding overfilling of CPS targets with Sn.
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hal-03905851 , version 1 (19-12-2022)

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J.G.A. Scholte, M. Iafrati, S.S.H. Lam, B. Tyburska-Pueschel, M. Riepen, et al.. Reducing tin droplet ejection from capillary porous structures under hydrogen plasma exposure in Magnum-PSI. Nuclear Materials and Energy, 2023, 34, pp.101315. ⟨10.1016/j.nme.2022.101315⟩. ⟨hal-03905851⟩
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