Research report 2016 - Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics

Experiments with the manipulator system DIM-II in the divertor of ASDEX Upgrade

Authors
Herrmann, Albrecht; Krieger, Karl
Departments
„Tokamak-Szenario-Entwicklung“ & „Plasmarand und Wand“
Summary
By means of the so-called divertor – specially equipped and cooled plates at the bottom of the plasma vessel to which particles are deflected from the edge of the plasma – a part of the generated fusion energy is dissipated in a later fusion power plant. With the Divertor Manipulator DIM-II, this concept is prepared at the ASDEX Upgrade fusion device. With DIM-II, parts of the divertor can be examined and replaced without opening the plasma vessel. This allows for investigation of plasma-material interactions at the divertor plates as well as for concept studies for actively cooled plates.

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