摘要
At present the most promising principal solution of the divertor problemappears to be the use of liquid metals and primarily of lithium Capillary-Pore Systems (CPS) as ofplasma facing materials. A solid CPS filled with liquid lithium will have a high resistance tosurface and volume damage because of neutron radiation effects, melting, splashing and thermalstress-induced cracking in steady state and during plasma transitions to provide the normaloperation of divertor target plates and first-wall protecting elements. These materials will not bethe sources of impurities inducing an increase of Z_(eff) and they will not be collected as dust inthe divertor area and in ducts. Experiments with lithium CPS under simulating conditions of plasmadisruption on a hydrogen plasma accelerator MK-200 [~ (10 - 15) MJ/m^2, ~ 50 μs] have beenperformed. The formation of a shielding layer of lithium plasma and the high stability of thesesystems have been shown. The new lithium limiter tests on an up-graded T-11M tokamak (plasma currentup to 100 kA, pulse length ~0.3 s) have been performed. Sorption and desorption of plasma-forminggas, lithium emission into discharge, lithium erosion, deposited power of the limiter areinvestigated in these experiments. The first results of experiments are presented.
At present the most promising principal solution of the divertor problemappears to be the use of liquid metals and primarily of lithium Capillary-Pore Systems (CPS) as ofplasma facing materials. A solid CPS filled with liquid lithium will have a high resistance tosurface and volume damage because of neutron radiation effects, melting, splashing and thermalstress-induced cracking in steady state and during plasma transitions to provide the normaloperation of divertor target plates and first-wall protecting elements. These materials will not bethe sources of impurities inducing an increase of Z_(eff) and they will not be collected as dust inthe divertor area and in ducts. Experiments with lithium CPS under simulating conditions of plasmadisruption on a hydrogen plasma accelerator MK-200 [~ (10 - 15) MJ/m^2, ~ 50 μs] have beenperformed. The formation of a shielding layer of lithium plasma and the high stability of thesesystems have been shown. The new lithium limiter tests on an up-graded T-11M tokamak (plasma currentup to 100 kA, pulse length ~0.3 s) have been performed. Sorption and desorption of plasma-forminggas, lithium emission into discharge, lithium erosion, deposited power of the limiter areinvestigated in these experiments. The first results of experiments are presented.
