Spectroscopic measurements and modeling of tungsten erosion in the DIII-D divertor

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Abstract

In situ time-resolved measurements of the gross W erosion rate have been performed in DIII-D by monitoring W/I (400.9 nm) emission in the divertor via a filtered camera and high-resolution spectrometer. The erosion rate of a thin W coating on DiMES, inferred via the S/XB method, was found to be $\sim$ 0.7 nm/s during deuterim L-mode exposure, in fair agreement with post-mortem IBA analysis but lower than REDEP/WBC modeling. During H-mode He bombardment of W disks, average erosion rates of $\sim$ 2.9 nm/s and $\sim$ 9.0 nm/s were estimated during the inter-ELM and intra-ELM phases, using ne and Te from divertor Thomson scattering and Langmuir probes. Results will also be presented from additional W erosion experiments in preparation for the DIII-D mini-campaign to measure high-Z transport in the edge plasma. Comparisons will be made with ERO modeling

Authors

  • T.D. Abrams

    ORISE

  • Rui Ding

    ORISE, GA

  • H.Y. Guo

    GA

  • A.W. Leonard

    GA

  • D. Thomas

    GA

  • S.L. Allen

    LLNL

  • A.G. McLean

    LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • A.R. Briesemeister

    ORNL

  • E.A. Unterberg

    ORNL

  • C. Chrobak

    UCSD

  • Russell Doerner

    UCSD, Univ of California - San Diego

  • D.L. Rudakov

    UCSD

  • J.D. Elder

    UTIAS, U. Toronto

  • P.G. Stangeby

    UTIAS, U. of Toronto

  • W.R. Wampler

    SNL

  • J.G. Watkins

    SNL