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Divertor inner target

Europe launches manufacturing

Fifty-eight inner vertical targets鈥攐ne for every divertor cassette body (54) plus four spares鈥攚ill be manufactured under the procurement responsibility of the European Domestic Agency. Positioned at the intersection of magnetic field lines at the bottom of the 澳门六合彩高手 machine where particle bombardment is particularly intense, these challenging components have undergone a lengthy manufacturing qualification phase. Now, the German firm Research Instruments has been awarded a contract for the first series of 13.

An inner vertical target prototype produced by Research Instruments. Each target weighs approximately 0.5 tonnes and measures 1.5 metres in length. On the curved steel support structure are 1,104 tungsten monoblocks that are actively cooled by pressurized water. (Click to view larger version...)
An inner vertical target prototype produced by Research Instruments. Each target weighs approximately 0.5 tonnes and measures 1.5 metres in length. On the curved steel support structure are 1,104 tungsten monoblocks that are actively cooled by pressurized water.
The plasma-facing components of the 澳门六合彩高手 divertor鈥攖he inner vertical target (Europe), the outer vertical target (Japan), and the dome (Russia)鈥攚ill be exposed to a heat load that is ten times higher than that of a spacecraft re-entering Earth's atmosphere (10-20 MWm虏).

Tungsten, a shiny, silvery-white refractory metal that has a high melting temperature (3400 掳C), will armour these plasma-facing components. For the inner vertical target, the maximum expected temperature on the tungsten surface will be about 1000 掳C in normal operating conditions and 2000 掳C in off-normal conditions.

During a lengthy manufacturing qualification program, the European Domestic Agency, Fusion for Energy, worked with a number of suppliers to ensure competition and mitigate technical risks through the development of different technologies. After the successful fabrication and testing of small-scale (~1/20th) tungsten monoblock mockups mounted around cooling channel, three companies鈥攖he AES Consortium (Ansaldo Nucleare, Ansaldo Energia, and SIMIC), Alsymex, and Research Instruments鈥攚ere able to qualify full-scale prototypes. Among the most difficult challenges encountered were the procurement of tungsten monoblocks, the bonding of the monoblocks to the copper alloy cooling tubes, the fabrication of the steel support structure, and strict dimensional requirements.

In a major milestone that heralds the start of manufacturing, a first contract has been signed with Research Instruments for the production of 13 inner vertical targets.

See the full story on the Fusion for Energy website.

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