Evaluation of porous media heat exchangers for plasma facing components

Author

Rosenfeld, J. ; Lindemuth, J.

Author_Institution

Thermacore Inc., Lancaster, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

11-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

1210

Abstract

Several types of porous media heat exchangers are being evaluated for use in cooled plasma-facing components. Monel/water thermosyphon heat pipes with a porous metal wick are being evaluated for use in Faraday shields. A subscale prototype has been fabricated, and tests at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are being planned. An advanced gyrotron microwave cavity is being developed which uses water cooling in a copper porous metal heat exchanger. Tests on a single-cell prototype demonstrated absorbed heat flux capability in excess of 60 MW/m². Porous metal heat exchangers with helium, water, or liquid metal coolants are being evaluated for divertor cooling. Tests on helium/copper porous metal heat exchanger demonstrated absorbed heat flux capability in excess of 15 MW/m². Applications, conceptual designs, fabricated hardware and test results are summarized

Keywords

fusion reactor design; fusion reactor materials; fusion reactor operation; fusion reactors; gyrotrons; heat exchangers; heat pipes; porous materials; CuNi-H₂O; Faraday shields; He-Cu; Monel/water thermosyphon heat pipes; absorbed heat flux capability; advanced gyrotron microwave cavity; conceptual designs; cooled plasma-facing components; divertor cooling; fabricated hardware; fusion reactors; liquid metal coolants; porous media heat exchangers; porous metal wick; single-cell prototype; subscale prototype; test results; water cooling; Cooling; Copper; Electromagnetic heating; Gyrotrons; Helium; Laboratories; Plasmas; Prototypes; Testing; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Fusion Engineering, 1993., 15th IEEE/NPSS Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hyannis, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1412-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FUSION.1993.518540

Filename

518540