Author/Authors :
Mitteau، نويسنده , , R. and Vallet، نويسنده , , J.C. and Moal، نويسنده , , A. and Guilhem، نويسنده , , D. and Schlosser، نويسنده , , J. and Loarer، نويسنده , , T. and Riou، نويسنده , , B. and Grosman، نويسنده , , A. and Géraud، نويسنده , , A. and Ghendrih، نويسنده , , Ph. and Tsitrone، نويسنده , , E. and Pegourié، نويسنده , , B. and Ané، نويسنده , , J.M.، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Tore Supra has re-started operation in 2001 with a partial toroidal pump limiter as the main plasma facing component. Assembled with actively cooled high heat flux elements, it has the shape of a toroidal ring. Thermal equilibrium is achieved within 4 s and the stabilised surface temperature is comparable to the design calculation. The observed heat flux pattern is similar to calculations realised beforehand with the heat deposition code TOKAFLU, and is dominated by the large toroidal field ripple. The power deposition is a combination of parallel convection and cross-field transport of similar magnitudes. The heat flux decay length is evaluated by three independent diagnostics to 10 mm. The excellent agreement between experiment and modelling indicates that the description of the power deposition mechanism is reasonable, although parameters such as the heat flux decay length and fraction of perpendicular power are still difficult to predict.
Keywords :
Heat deposition , thermal load , Power exhaust , Plasma facing component , Tore Supra , Limiter
