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In-situ coating of silicon-rich films on tokamak plasma-facing components with real-time Si material injection
Experiments have been conducted in the DIII-D tokamak to explore the in-situ
growth of silicon-rich layers as a potential technique for real-time
replenishment of surface coatings on plasma-facing components (PFCs) during
steady-state long-pulse reactor operation. Silicon (Si) pellets of 1 mm
diameter were injected into low- and high-confinement (L-mode and H-mode)
plasma discharges with densities ranging from m
and input powers ranging from 5.5-9 MW. The small Si pellets were delivered
with the impurity granule injector (IGI) at frequencies ranging from 4-16 Hz
corresponding to mass flow rates of 5-19 mg/s ( Si/s) at
cumulative amounts of up to 34 mg of Si per five-second discharge. Graphite
samples were exposed to the scrape-off layer and private flux region plasmas
through the divertor material evaluation system (DiMES) to evaluate the Si
deposition on the divertor targets. The Si II emission at the sample correlates
with silicon injection and suggests net surface Si-deposition in measurable
amounts. Post-mortem analysis showed Si-rich coatings of varying morphology
mainly containing silicon oxides, with SiO being the dominant component. No
evidence of SiC was found, which is attributed to low divertor surface
temperatures. The Si-rich coating growth rates were found to be at least
nm/s, and the erosion rate was nm/s. The technique is
estimated to coat a surface area of at least 0.94 m on the outer divertor.
These results demonstrate the potential of using real-time material injection
to grow silicon-rich layers on divertor PFCs during reactor operation
Experimental characterization of coherent, radially-sheared zonal flows in the DIII-D tokamak
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Transport by intermittency in the boundary of the DIII-D tokamak
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Transport by intermittent convection in the boundary of the DIII-D tokamak
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