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@ARTICLE{Zammuto:852579,
author = {Zammuto, I. and Giannone, L. and Herrmann, A. and Houben,
A. and Kallenbach, A. and Schuhbeck, K. H. and Sieglin, B.
and Vorbrugg, S.},
title = {{I}mplementation of ferritic steel as in vessel wall:
{L}essons learnt and follow up},
journal = {Fusion engineering and design},
volume = {124},
issn = {0920-3796},
address = {New York, NY [u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-05491},
pages = {297 - 301},
year = {2017},
abstract = {ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) is the only tokamak in Europe to have
low activation ferritic steel as the inner vessel wall
facing component. Together with the massive tungsten tiles
in the lower divertor, AUG is the tokamak with the closest
DEMO wall. The project is a first step towards the extensive
use of ferritic steel in future fusion reactors. For
example, the test blanket module of ITER is planned to have
a ferritic steel wall and thick tungsten tiles as a plasma
facing component.The ‘ad hoc’ ferritic steel built with
low activation capability is known as Eurofer. As the low
activation property is not a requirement for AUG, the
material selected for the project is the martensitic steel
P92 which is the most similar material to Eurofer from a
magnetic point of view. The purpose of the project is to
improve understanding of the magnetic perturbation of the
ferritic steel both on the plasma and magnetic probes,
evaluating and controlling these effects. Additionally, the
effect of the additional forces on the supporting structure
has been addressed.Bearing this in mind, in 2013 a step wise
program has been started and part of the W coated graphite
tiles in the region of the inner column were replaced by
steel tiles [1]. The first campaign did not suffer any
particular issue related to the new material. According to
the calculations, the plasma was almost unperturbed, thanks
also to the toroidal symmetry of the tiles inside the
vessel, and the magnetic probe measurements were properly
corrected [2].Inspection of the machine pointed out some
hardware problems. The graphite tiles adjacent to the steel
tiles were damaged. The graphite tiles had broken edges in 5
from 64 positions and notches in many others. The coating of
the graphite and steel tiles, made of tungsten and TiO
respectively, was damaged. At first glance it was clear that
the steel tiles were moving but it was definitely
unexpected. In understanding the process, the location of
the damage was the crucial hint. In fact all failures were
located at the boundary between 2 vacuum vessel octants. To
justify this failure mode inside the vessel, a hypothesis
(about current flowing in the heat shield supporting
structure) was made and FEM analyses were carried out in
this direction. With extreme caution, in 2015 just one
additional row of steel tiles was added together with
diagnostics that confirmed the hypothesis. Now that a clear
understanding of the problem has been reached, the project
to add further rows of steel tiles can be continued. For the
next campaign it is planned to replace all the tiles in the
middle region of the heat shield together with stiffening
and modification of the supporting structure.In this paper
the learning process from the damage of the tiles and its
causes, from the FEM analysis results to the data
diagnostics will be reported. The future plans for steel
tiles in AUG will be discussed.},
cin = {IEK-4},
ddc = {620},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-4-20101013},
pnm = {113 - Methods and Concepts for Material Development
(POF3-113)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-113},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000419411900063},
doi = {10.1016/j.fusengdes.2017.04.016},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/852579},
}