Microchannel cooling technique for dissipating high heat flux on W/Cu flat-type mock-up for EAST divertor |
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Affiliation: | 1. MIIT Key Laboratory of Thermal Control of Electronic Equipment, School of Energy and Power
Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, People's Republic of China 2. Institute of Plasma Physics, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei
230031, People's Republic of China |
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Abstract: | As an important component of tokamaks, the divertor is mainly responsible for extracting heat and helium ash, and the targets of the divertor need to withstand high heat flux of 10 MW m?2 for steady-state operation. In this study, we proposed a new strategy, using microchannel cooling technology to remove high heat load on the targets of the divertor. The results demonstrated that the microchannel-based W/Cu flat-type mock-up successfully withstood the thermal fatigue test of 1000 cycles at 10 MW m?2 with cooling water of 26 l min?1, 30 °C (inlet), 0.8 MPa (inlet), 15 s power on and 15 s dwell time; the maximum temperature on the heat-loaded surface (W surface) of the mock-up was 493 °C, which is much lower than the recrystallization temperature of W (1200 °C). Moreover, no occurrence of macrocrack and 'hot spot' at the W surface, as well as no detachment of W/Cu tiles were observed during the thermal fatigue testing. These results indicate that microchannel cooling technology is an efficient method for removing the heat load of the divertor at a low flow rate. The present study offers a promising solution to replace the monoblock design for the EAST divertor |
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Keywords: | microchannel divertor flat-type high heat flux test EAST |
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