Development of a scintillator based fast-ion loss detector for the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator

Wendelstein 7-X team

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Abstract

A new scintillator based fast-ion loss detector (FILD) system has been designed for the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator. The mechanical design of the system is presented here along with engineering analyses of the system. This includes an assessment of the structural loads which also considers electromagnetic forces calculated for possible disruption scenarios as well as a mode frequency analysis of the system. Furthermore, an analysis of the thermal characteristics of the actively cooled probe head under prescribed steady state and transient heat loads is presented. Finally, the optical relay system is described and its properties used to forward model synthetic camera signals using the FILDSIM code and based on theoretical fast-ion losses incident on the probe head calculated using the ASCOT5 code.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number114520
JournalFusion Engineering and Design
Volume204
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2024

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering
  • General Materials Science
  • Mechanical Engineering

Keywords

  • Fast ions
  • Fast-ion loss detector
  • Magnetic confinement fusion
  • Wendelstein 7-X

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