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Div/SOL Research in KSTAR A3 collaboration activity on PSI，Div/SOL research in KSTAR Suk-Ho Hong on be half of KSTAR team and collaborators National Fusion Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea Email: [email protected] Research activities on plasma-surface interaction with carbon and metal PFCs for future fusion reactors among A3 countries are introduced. International collaboration with LHD in Japan and EAST in China makes synergistic effect for three machines and get experimental results in much wider parameter windows. Furthermore, different main chamber wall materials, i.e. tungsten environment in EAST and carbon environment in KSTAR and LHS will make cross-fertilization for scientists in A3 institutes. 1.Introduction In-vessel components are exposed to severe environments, namely to high energy particle and heat flux, and radiation. The components inside the vacuum vessel on which those particle, heat flux and radiation reach, are called plasma facing components (PFCs). The study of interaction between plasma and the surface of PFCs is called “plasma-surface interaction” (PSI). Especially, PSI at limiter and divertor are of interests. Limiter is an in­ vessel component which limits the expansion of plasmas Jn order to avoid direct contact with vacuum vessel. Divertor is a specially designed in-vessel components which removes impurity particles and heat from the plasmas. PFCs are exposed to harsh environments which lead to the erosion, redeposition, and fuel retention, etc. Therefore, PSI is one of critical parts which has to to be controlled for the successful operation of fusion reactor as a power plant. Generally, low Z materials such as carbon or beryllium were commonly used [1，2, 3, 4]. However, ITER will have a metal wall configuration consisting of Beryllium and Tungsten. JET and ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) have employed these beryllium and full tungsten first walls for ITER-relevant experiments (ITER-Like Wall)[1,2]. Recently, Tore Supra has started the ’’WEST" project, the abbreviation of "W Environment in Steady-state Tokamak1’， which includes the change of major machine configuration into a tungsten (W) divertor machine [3]. EAST has manufactured ITER type tungsten divertor structures, successfully tested, and installed for PSI study in 2014 [4]. JET experiments with these ILW configuration shows a remarkable step towards the success of fusion reactor such as 1)a better wall condition for start up and the low impurity levels, 2) the decrease of fuel retention by a factor of 10, 3) reduction of carbon impurity by a factor of 20 while maintaining good confinement [5]. In order to realize thermonuclear energy beyond ITER, international collaboration on PSI, especially on metal wall is not an option, but an obligation. In this paper, we describe selected topics of international collaboration activity on PSI, Div/SOL among A3 countries. 2. Selected topics for A3 collaboration 2.1. Tungsten Material test The main aim of this topic is to test various bulk and coated materials including tungsten and molybdenum. Several different grades of materials will be used for the experiments. The 45 experiments will be divided into two categories: long term test and short term test. The long term test is a test for a whole campaign which is equivalent to several thousand seconds of plasma on time. The short term test is a test for a day or a week which is equivalent to several hundred seconds of plasma on time, to check the time evolution of the sample material. Long term and short term material test will give valuable information on the bulk and coated material property and their performance under high particle and heat flux. Nevertheless，the long term sample is a tile of bulk material made of tungsten or molybdenum, that cannot be exchanged during the campaign. Once it is installed at a fixed location，it will experience entire campaign including baking, initial wall conditioning, etc. Therefore, the result from long term samples Short term samples can be exchanged easily in a day, but their exposure location Long term samp,es msta,led at inside the vacuum vessel is also fixed: the toroidal * and poloidal location of the sample cannot be changed, but distance from the last closed flux surface (LCFS) can be varied. In order to reduce the experimental cost, space, and time, and to be more effective，marker tiles can be placed at several different locations inside the vacuum vessel, and used as short term samples: A marker tile is a tile consisting of several different sets of materials. It can save cost, space, and time for testing several materials with almost the same plasma parameters, particle and heat flux. Nevertheless, it is very important to have as many samples as possible to identify poloidal and toroidal homogeneity of the plasma-surface interaction， which is “assumed” in the first place, because the observation from IR cameras indicates that edge localized modes (ELMs) are not poloidally and toroidally homogeneous [6]. For this， marker tiles with different sets of materials are installed at the central divertor of KSTAR as shown in Fig.1. 2.2. Castellation structure development and test Future fusion devices will have higher particle and heat flux than conventional tokamaks， which lead to a higher heat load. PFCs have to be designed to sustain such high heat load and active cooling should be considered seriously, and one of techniques to reduce the particle flux from the plasma is the optimized design of castellated structure: the shape and the angle of the castellation structure can reduce significant amount of heat load on the tile. As a result, a new shape of castellation is proposed [7]. The thermal response of the new castellation structure has been analyzed by using the ANSYS code which shows that the new shape allows operation of even misaligned shaped castellation at 20 MW/m2 of steady-state thermal load. The PIC code SPICE2 [8] predicts full ion flux suppression in the gaps of shaped castellation, and Monte-Carlo 3D-Gaps code modeling [9] results at least a 20-fold decrease of beryllium content in the gaps. Several machines are participating on the development and test of new castellation structure. The aim of this study is to test various different castellation structures made of various 46 ■c'Modon B: Model? lsnip<*ratufi.> TfimpPr-aiUJ^. ；7^p3.Tentperaftj>8 ANSYS TWO Ter?卿独KS ノリairで R15.0 UR3. *C 'nme.1 Tirrie:1 3014-05-0D S靠 2 35 2<rt 4-05-09 2» 2.34 2386.1 Max 2S5ZSMax 2129 I 22&4.3 1892 2 2O3« 16552 1777.8 14183 1519.5 ”81 4 128，.3 944.42 1003 707.48 744.73 470.54 486.48 233^ MJn 228^2 Wn 0 000 0.020 (m) 0.000 0.020 (m) 0.010 0 010 Figure 2・ ANSYS simulation on different casteliation structures at 20 MW/m2 heat flux. materials, and to find the most optimized design for the future fusion reactor. Not only experiments but also modeling and calculations will be performed. 2.3. Surface morphology change. The surface of a PFC will be damaged by direct deposition I exposure to the plasma. Especially, tungsten tiles exposed to D2 and He deposition plasma shows various phenomena such as blister ^ungsUfl^nostructures formation and cracking. Blister formation occurs when D atoms penetrate into the surface of the bulk c.；.••••.-: tungsten and diffused into パ' ...メ the grain boundary and retained there. Such blister d.•••••• メバ formation causes damage on the surface of the ・*?・•鄭・M .・>*• tungsten PFCs and reduces the lifetime of the PFCs Figure 3. a) SEM image of the surface of the conventional casteliation significantly. Furthermore, A. Circle and the label b indicate the location of Fig 3b), b) zoom-in SEM image of scars. Circles and labels c and d indicate the locations of melting occurs at the Fig. 3c and Fig. 3d, c) zoom-in image of a scar, d) zoom-in image of damaged surface which cracks. creates metal droplets during ELMs and disruptions. Blister formation on tungsten at room temperature occurs at a fluence as low as 1023 D+/m2 for 1 keV D+. Size of the blisters increases with increasing flux, but no blister formation on tungsten was observed at a target temperature > 600 °C (1 keV, flux 1025 D+/m2s). However, blister formation is observed at ion energies as low as 100 eV at room temperature and at a fluence of 1025 D7m2. The size of the blister increases with increasing ion energy. The aim of this study is to understand the change of surface due to plasma-surface interaction 47 on metal PFCs. In the case of tungsten PFCs，the blister formation and the surface damage by the blisters are of concern. This is very important for future generation of tokamaks with tungsten wall environments. Moreover, the topic is very interesting since it is strongly related to several issues together such as plasma-metal interaction, fuel retention, and diffusion of D atoms into tungsten bulk. 2.4. Heat load analysis for carbon and metal tiles Control of heat load on PFCs is one of critical issues to be solved for a fusion reactor. Once the heat load exceeds the maximum tolerable value of PFCs, the PFCs will be severely damaged. Such high heat load leads to the melting and metal droplet formation in the case of metal PFCs，sublimation and brittle destruction in the case of carbon PFCs. Consequently, the plasma operation will be affected by the damaged PFCs and a lot of in-vessel dust will be produced. Therefore, the heat load on the PFCs has to be analyzed as accurate as possible. The aim of this study to develop, quantify, and model the heat load on the PFCs, and compare the differences between carbon and tungsten environments.
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