Ruben Otin Wouter Tierens Felix Parra Shafa Aria Ernesto Lerche Philippe Jacquet Igor Monakhov Pierre Dumortie Bart Van Compernolle JET Contributors
When RF waves are applied in tokamaks with metal walls, sheath rectification effects associated with the fields induced in the scrape-off layer (SOL) may lead to enhanced plasma-wall interactions (i.e. heat-loads in the limiters, RF-induced impurity sources) which can endanger the integrity of the machine and limit the RF power. Although many co…
Preprint PublishedI. Balboa E. Rose G. F. Matthews D. Croft M. Stamp S. A. Silburn J. C. Williams D. Hepple A. Huber S. Whetham D. Iglesias D. J. Kinna M. Beldishevski J. Figueiredo C. Perez Von Thun N. Balshaw L. D. Horton R. C. Lobel I. J. Pearson K. W. Pepperell G. Fishpool B. Lane K-D. Zastrow G. Arnoux G. Bodnar P. Carman P. Carvalho N. J. Conway V. Huber J. Karhunen G. Kocsis A. Manzanares P. Puglia C. Ruiz de Galarreta C. Marren R. Otín J. Naish V. K. Thompson the JET Contributors*
Following from the paper describing the remote wide angle viewing system compatible with Deuterium-Tritium operations. This is the second article describing a second remote line of sight, this time focusing on the imaging of the divertor region in JET. It explains in detail the optical and engineering designs of constructing an optical relay which …
PreprintAndrew Davis Aleksander Dubas Rubin Otin
The field of fusion energy is about to enter the ITER era, for the first time we will have access to a device capable of producing 500 MW of fusion power, with plasmas lasting more than 300 seconds and with core tem- perature…
Preprint PublishedRuben Otin Shafa Aria Vaughan Thompson Rob Lobel John Willians Zsolt Vizvary Daniel Iglesias Michael Porton
Nuclear fusion is the process that heats the stars by the collision of atomic nuclei which fuse together to form heavier elements and release energy. The generation of energy using this process has several advantages: no carbon emissions, abundant fuel supplies, efficiency, reliability and operationally safe. One way to achieve the necessary con…
Preprint PublishedG.F.Matthews R.Nygren W. Morgan S. A. Silburn R. Otin A.Tallarigo the Magnum PSI Team
In 1998 Makhankov [1] described the concept of modular exchangeable plasma facing components (PFCs) based on liquid metal heat pipes which are radiatively cooled. Here we present results from recent experiments with a lithium filled tubular heat pipe owned by Sandia National Laboratories. The tantalum envelope (~20mm diameter by ~200mm long) was he…
Preprint PublishedD. Iglesias W. Arter I. Balboa P. Bunting C. Challis J.W. Coenen Y. Corre S. Esquembri S. Jachmich K. Krieger G.F. Matthews R.A. Pittsh V. Riccardo M.L. Richiusa M. Porton F. Rimini S. Silburn V.K. Thompson R. Otin D. Valcarcel L. Vitton-Mea Z. Vizvary J. Williams JET contributors
The JET outboard divertor targets are the in-vessel components which receive the largest heat flux density. Surface delamination, radial cracks, and tie rod failures have been observed in the outboard tungsten-coated CFC tiles, while bulk tungsten special lamellas were intentionally melted in dedicated experiments. These different types of damag…
PreprintRuben Otin Robert Salmon
The equipment used in some welding techniques (e.g. tungsten inert gas alternating current welding or capacitor discharge stud welding) can induce high electromagnetic fields inside the operator due to the large time-varying electric currents involved in the process. The European Union (EU) Directive 2013/35/EU provides guidelines and recommendatio…
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