›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 25204-025204.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/2/025204

• PHYSICS OF GASES, PLASMAS, AND ELECTRIC DISCHARGES • 上一篇    下一篇

Experimental and modeling researches of dust particles in the HL-2A tokamak

黄治辉, 严龙文, 冨田幸博, 冯震, 程钧, 洪文玉, 潘宇东, 杨青巍, 段旭如, HL-2A Team   

  1. Southwestern Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-07-08 修回日期:2014-10-01 出版日期:2015-02-05 发布日期:2015-02-05
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China (Grant Nos. 2014GB107000 and 2013GB112008), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11320101005, 11175060, 11375054, and 11075046), and the China-Korean Joint Foundation (Grant No. 2012DFG02230).

Experimental and modeling researches of dust particles in the HL-2A tokamak

Huang Zhi-Hui (黄治辉), Yan Long-Wen (严龙文), Tomita Yukihiro (冨田幸博), Feng Zhen (冯震), Cheng Jun (程钧), Hong Wen-Yu (洪文玉), Pan Yu-Dong (潘宇东), Yang Qing-Wei (杨青巍), Duan Xu-Ru (段旭如), HL-2A Team   

  1. Southwestern Institute of Physics, P. O. Box 432, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Received:2014-07-08 Revised:2014-10-01 Online:2015-02-05 Published:2015-02-05
  • Contact: Huang Zhi-Hui E-mail:huangzh@swip.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China (Grant Nos. 2014GB107000 and 2013GB112008), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11320101005, 11175060, 11375054, and 11075046), and the China-Korean Joint Foundation (Grant No. 2012DFG02230).

摘要: The investigation of dust particle characteristics in fusion devices has become more and more imperative. In the HL-2A tokamak, the morphologies and compositions of dust particles are analyzed by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) with mapping. The results indicate that the sizes of dust particles are in a range from 1 μm to 1 mm. Surprisingly, stainless steel spheres with a diameter of 2.5 μm-30 μm are obtained. The production mechanisms of dust particles include flaking, disintegration, agglomeration, and arcing. In addition, dynamic characteristics of the flaking dust particles are observed by a CMOS fast framing camera and simulated by a computer program. Both of the results display that the ion friction force is dominant in the toroidal direction, while the centrifugal force is crucial in the radial direction. Therefore, the visible dust particles are accelerated toriodally by the ion friction force and migrated radially by the centrifugal force. The averaged velocity of the grain is on the order of ~ 100 m/s. These results provide an additional supplement for one of critical plasma-wall interaction (PWI) issues in the framework of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) programme.

关键词: dust particles, dust particle characteristics, fast framing camera

Abstract: The investigation of dust particle characteristics in fusion devices has become more and more imperative. In the HL-2A tokamak, the morphologies and compositions of dust particles are analyzed by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDX) with mapping. The results indicate that the sizes of dust particles are in a range from 1 μm to 1 mm. Surprisingly, stainless steel spheres with a diameter of 2.5 μm-30 μm are obtained. The production mechanisms of dust particles include flaking, disintegration, agglomeration, and arcing. In addition, dynamic characteristics of the flaking dust particles are observed by a CMOS fast framing camera and simulated by a computer program. Both of the results display that the ion friction force is dominant in the toroidal direction, while the centrifugal force is crucial in the radial direction. Therefore, the visible dust particles are accelerated toriodally by the ion friction force and migrated radially by the centrifugal force. The averaged velocity of the grain is on the order of ~ 100 m/s. These results provide an additional supplement for one of critical plasma-wall interaction (PWI) issues in the framework of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) programme.

Key words: dust particles, dust particle characteristics, fast framing camera

中图分类号:  (Plasma-material interactions; boundary layer effects)

  • 52.40.Hf
52.70.Kz (Optical (ultraviolet, visible, infrared) measurements) 52.55.Fa (Tokamaks, spherical tokamaks)