Search Results - "Samaille, F"
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The WEST project: Testing ITER divertor high heat flux component technology in a steady state tokamak environment
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2014)“…The WEST project recently launched at Cadarache consists in transforming Tore Supra in an X-point divertor configuration while extending its long pulse…”
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Manufacturing and characterization of stainless steel/CuCrZr and stainless steel/Cu junction ring by explosive welding method
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-09-2019)“…The most common material for heat sink used in actively cooled plasma facing components is CuCrZr, which is not easily welded to steel used for cooling pipes…”
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Overview of the different processes of tungsten coating implemented into WEST tokamak
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-11-2017)“…The Tore Supra tokamak is being transformed in an x-point divertor fusion device within the frame of the WEST (W-for tungsten-Environment in Steady-state…”
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Leak tightness tests on actively cooled plasma facing components: Lessons learned from Tore Supra experience and perspectives for the new fusion machines
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2015)“…•Test procedures for the qualification of the tightness of actively cooled plasma facing components were defined.•The test is performed after the component…”
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Mechanical analysis of WEST divertor support plate
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-11-2017)“…•Disruption’s torque in the PFC and support plate was simulated thanks to ANSYS.•Three load cases were studied: one in steady states and one in VDE.•The ANSYS…”
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Tungsten coating by ATC plasma spraying on CFC for WEST tokamak
Published in Physica scripta (01-12-2017)“…In the field of fusion experiments using a tokamak, the plasma facing components (PFC) are the closest object to the hot plasma. Due to the plasma-wall…”
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Study of the pores inside tungsten coating after thermal cycling for fusion device
Published in Physica scripta (20-02-2016)“…In the next fusion devices, all the plasma facing components will consist of bulk tungsten or tungsten coating on carbon. This paper focuses on the behaviour…”
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Feasibility study of an actively cooled tungsten divertor in Tore Supra for ITER technology testing
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2011)“…In order to reduce the risks for ITER Plasma Facing Components (PFCs), it is proposed to equip Tore Supra with a full tungsten divertor, benefitting from the…”
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Test of fiber optic based current sensors on the Tore Supra tokamak
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2011)“…Fiber optic current sensors have been recently considered for current measurements in ITER. These sensors exploit Ampere's law by measuring the change of light…”
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The WEST project: validation program for WEST tungsten coated plasma facing components
Published in Physica scripta (20-02-2016)“…The W-for tungsten-Environment in Steady-state Tokamak (WEST) project is based on an upgrade of the Tore Supra tokamak from a carbon limiter to an X-point…”
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Tungsten covered graphite and copper elements and ITER-like actively cooled tungsten divertor plasma facing units for the WEST project
Published in Physica scripta (20-02-2016)“…After a brief introduction giving some insight of the WEST project, we present the three types of plasma facing units (PFUs) developed for the WEST project…”
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Overview of the deuterium inventory campaign in Tore Supra: Operational conditions and particle balance
Published in Journal of nuclear materials (15-06-2009)“…A specific experiment was performed in Tore Supra, dedicated to the search for consistency between wall inventories estimated from gas balance and post-mortem…”
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The WEST project mechanical analysis of the divertor structure according to the nuclear construction code
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2014)“…•Divertor structure is mainly loaded by electromagnetical forces.•A simplified FEM analysis give the stresses in the structure.•RCCM criteria are required for…”
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Upgrades of the tore Supra water cooling system for the WEST project
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2013)“…•Thermo-hydraulic studies of plasma facing components.•Design of a PHTS.•Design studies of a tokamak cooling system. In ITER, it is foreseen to use an…”
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Design, integration and feasibility studies of the Tore-Supra West divertor structure
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2013)“…Actively cooled tungsten plasma facing components will be used in the ITER divertor. In order to fully validate such a technology (industrial manufacturing,…”
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Steady state long pulse tokamak operation using Lower Hybrid Current Drive
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2011)“…Steady-state long pulse operation of tokamaks requires fully non-inductive current drive, thus an external current drive method. Lower Hybrid Current Drive is…”
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Design and test program of a simplified divertor dummy coil structure for the WEST project
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-12-2013)“…•The mechanical design and integration of the divertor structure has been performed.•The design of the casing and the winding-pack has been finalized.•The coil…”
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Computation of Tore Supra cooling system limits
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-08-2012)“…► 1D transient thermal–hydraulic analysis of a tokamak cooling system. ► Validation of the computed data on measurements. ► Design of a cooling system. Tore…”
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New high power CW test facilities for ITER ICRH components testing
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2011)“…First CW test bed, devoted for ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH), is being built at CEA Cadarache. It has been designed for testing the ICRH antenna sub…”
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Engineering studies for the installation of an axi-symmetric metallic divertor in Tore Supra
Published in Fusion engineering and design (01-10-2011)“…Tore Supra (TS) has been designed to operate using technologies that allow long plasma operation (a few minutes), by means of superconducting magnets and…”
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