Tungsten as material for plasma-facing components in fusion devices

V Philipps - Journal of nuclear materials, 2011 - Elsevier
The use of tungsten (W) as material for plasma-facing components (PFM) in fusion devices
is reviewed with respect to its plasma and material compatibility under burning plasmas …

Progress on the application of ELM control schemes to ITER scenarios from the non-active phase to DT operation

A Loarte, G Huijsmans, S Futatani, LR Baylor… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Progress in the definition of the requirements for edge localized mode (ELM) control and the
application of ELM control methods both for high fusion performance DT operation and non …

Plasma performance and operational space without ELMs in DIII-D

C Paz-Soldan, DIII-D Team - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A database of DIII-D plasmas without edge-localized modes (ELMs) compares the
operating space and plasma performance of stationary no-ELM regimes found in …

The JOREK non-linear extended MHD code and applications to large-scale instabilities and their control in magnetically confined fusion plasmas

M Hoelzl, GTA Huijsmans, SJP Pamela… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
JOREK is a massively parallel fully implicit non-linear extended magneto-hydrodynamic
(MHD) code for realistic tokamak X-point plasmas. It has become a widely used versatile …

Principal physics developments evaluated in the ITER design review

RJ Hawryluk, DJ Campbell, G Janeschitz… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
As part of the ITER Design Review and in response to the issues identified by the Science
and Technology Advisory Committee, the ITER physics requirements were reviewed and as …

Sputtering properties of tungsten 'fuzzy'surfaces

D Nishijima, MJ Baldwin, RP Doerner, JH Yu - Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2011 - Elsevier
Sputtering yields of He-induced W 'fuzzy'surfaces bombarded by Ar have been measured in
the linear divertor plasma simulator PISCES-B. It is found that the sputtering yield of a fuzzy …

Tungsten as first wall material in fusion devices

M Kaufmann, R Neu - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2007 - Elsevier
The observation in JET of co-deposition of tritium with carbon has led to a broad discussion
on the replacement of graphite by a high-Z material for the first wall coverage. Moreover, due …

Advances in understanding of high-Z material erosion and re-deposition in low-Z wall environment in DIII-D

R Ding, DL Rudakov, PC Stangeby… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Dedicated DIII-D experiments coupled with modeling reveal that the net erosion rate of high-
Z materials, ie Mo and W, is strongly affected by carbon concentration in the plasma and the …

Overview on plasma operation with a full tungsten wall in ASDEX Upgrade

R Neu, A Kallenbach, M Balden, V Bobkov… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2013 - Elsevier
Operation with all tungsten plasma facing components has become routine in ASDEX
Upgrade. The conditioning of the device is strongly simplified and short glow discharges are …

Plasma wall interaction and its implication in an all tungsten divertor tokamak

R Neu, M Balden, V Bobkov, R Dux… - Plasma Physics and …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
ASDEX Upgrade has recently finished its transition towards an all-W divertor tokamak, by
the exchange of the last remaining graphite tiles to W-coated ones. The plasma start-up was …