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Proof-of-principle experiments on the JxB-forced convecation liquid metal divertor concept

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26630475
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Nuclear fusion studies
Research InstitutionNational Institute for Fusion Science

Principal Investigator

Hirooka Yoshihiko  核融合科学研究所, ヘリカル研究部, 教授 (60311213)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 嶋田 道也  国立研究開発法人量子科学技術研究開発機構, 六ヶ所核融合研究所, 専門業務員(任常) (90725764)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsプラズマー壁相互作用 / プラズマ対向機器 / 水素リサイクリング / 液体金属 / 電磁力 / プラズマ壁相互作用 / 熱・粒子制御 / 粒子リサイクリング / ダイバーター / 燃料粒子制御 / ヘリウム灰粒子制御 / 磁場閉じ込め核融合炉 / プラズマ-壁相互作用 / 熱粒子制御
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Power and particle handling by plasma-facing components (PFCs) such as divertor will be one of the most critical issues, affecting the successful operation of a fusion power reactor. Heat fluxes onto the divertor predicted by the most recent scaling law will be far more than those that can be handled by the current design based on a tungsten target brazed on a copper alloy heat sink. As a possible solution, the use of liquid metals has been proposed over the past decade or so, and most recently liquid convection has been found effective not only heat removal but particle removal. In the present work, electromagnetic forced convection is proposed and its proof-of-principle experiments have been conducted successfully.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Peer Reviewed: 11 results,  Open Access: 9 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Hydrogen and helium recycling from a JxB-force convected liquid metal GaInSn under steady state plasma bombardment2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshi Hirooka, Hailin Bi, Michiya Shimada and Masa Ono
    • Journal Title

      Fusion Engineering and Design

      Volume: 117

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Steady state hydrogen, deuterium, helium and argon plasma interactions with a liquid metal convected by Lorentz force2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshi Hirooka, Hailin Bi, Michiya Shimada and Masa Ono
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Materials and Energy

      Volume: TBD

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A study on hydrogen transport in a liquid metal GaInSn by plasma-driven permeation method2017

    • Author(s)
      Hailin Bi, Yoshi Hirooka, Juro Yagi, Yue Xu
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Materials and Energy

      Volume: TBD

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Conference report on the 4th International Symposiumu on Lithium Application for Fusion Devices2016

    • Author(s)
      F. L. Tabares, Y. Hirooka, R. Maingi, G. Mazzitelli, V. Mirnov, R. Nygren, M. Ono, and D. N. Ruzic
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: 56

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A study on hydrogen transport in liquid metals under steady state plasma bombardment2016

    • Author(s)
      Hailin Bi, Yoshi Hirooka and Juro Yagi
    • Journal Title

      Plasma and Fusion Res.

      Volume: 11

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Hydrogen and helium recycling from a JxB-force convected liquid metal Ga67In20.5Sn12.5 under steady state plasma bombardment2016

    • Author(s)
      Yoshi Hirooka, Hailin Bi, Michiya Shimada, Masa Ono
    • Journal Title

      Fusion Engineering and Design

      Volume: TBD

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Conference report on the 4th International Symposium on Lithium Application for Fusion2016

    • Author(s)
      F. L. Tabares, Y. Hirooka, R. Maingi, G. Mazzitelli et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: TBD

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Conference Report on the 3rd International Symposium on Lithium Application for Fusion Devices2015

    • Author(s)
      G. Mazzitelli, Y. Hirooka, J. S. Hu S. V. Mirnov, R. Nygren et al.
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: 55 Pages: 027001-027010

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A review of the present status and future prospectus of the application of liquid metals for plasma-facing components in magnetic fusion devices2015

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hirooka, G. Mazzitelli, S. Mirnov, M. Ono, M. Shimada, and F. L. Tabares
    • Journal Title

      Fusion Science and Technology

      Volume: 68 Pages: 478-483

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Review of the Present Status and Future Prospects of the Application of Liquid Metals for Plasma-Facing Components in Magnetic Fusion Devices2015

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hirooka, . Mazzitelli, S. Mirnov, M. Ono, M. Shimada and F. L. Tabares
    • Journal Title

      Fusion Science and Technology

      Volume: TBD

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Actively convected liquid metal divertor2014

    • Author(s)
      Michiya Shimada1 and Yoshi Hirooka2
    • Journal Title

      Nuclear Fusion

      Volume: 54

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] A review of recent studies on particle recycling from liquid metals under steady state plasma bombardment2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshi Hirooka and Hailin Bi
    • Organizer
      JU-Japan workshop on Fusion Power Plants and Advanced Technologies
    • Place of Presentation
      核融合科学研究所
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] プラズマ対向表面としてのJxB力による強制対流液体金属による周辺粒子制御2015

    • Author(s)
      廣岡慶彦、Bi Hailin、嶋田道也、小野雅之
    • Organizer
      プラズマ核融合学会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-24
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Hydrogen and helium recycling from a JxB-force convected liquid metal Ga67In20.5Sn12.5 under steady state plasma bombardment2015

    • Author(s)
      廣岡慶彦、Bi Hailin、嶋田道也、小野雅之
    • Organizer
      「リチウムの核融合への応用」に関する国際シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      グラナダ、スペイン
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-30
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 液体金属の核融合装置プラズマ対向壁への応用に関するレビュー2014

    • Author(s)
      廣岡慶彦
    • Organizer
      平成26年度プラズマ核融合学会年会
    • Place of Presentation
      新潟朱鷺メッセ
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-18 – 2014-11-21
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A REVIEW OF THE PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE APPLICATION OF2014

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hirooka
    • Organizer
      American Nuclear Society Embedded Topical Meeting:
    • Place of Presentation
      Anaheim, CA, USA
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-09 – 2014-11-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Actively circulate liquid metal divertor2014

    • Author(s)
      M. Shimada
    • Organizer
      2014 European Physical Society meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Berlin, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-23 – 2014-06-27
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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