LiMeS-Lab: An Integrated Laboratory for the Development of Liquid–Metal Shield Technologies for Fusion Reactors

V. F.B. Tanke; R. S. Al; S. Alonso van der Westen; S. Brons; I. G.J. Classen; J. A.W. van Dommelen; H. J.N. van Eck; M. G.D. Geers; N. J. Lopes Cardozo; H. J. van der Meiden; C. A. Orrico; M. J. van de Pol; M. Riepen; P. Rindt; T. P. de Rooij; J. Scholten; R. H.M. Timmer; J. W.M. Vernimmen; E. G.P. Vos; T. W. Morgan

doi:10.1007/s10894-023-00379-3

LiMeS-Lab: An Integrated Laboratory for the Development of Liquid–Metal Shield Technologies for Fusion Reactors

V. F.B. Tanke
, R. S. Al
, S. Alonso van der Westen
, S. Brons
, I. G.J. Classen
, J. A.W. van Dommelen
, H. J.N. van Eck
, M. G.D. Geers
, N. J. Lopes Cardozo
, H. J. van der Meiden
, C. A. Orrico
, M. J. van de Pol
, M. Riepen
, P. Rindt
, T. P. de Rooij
, J. Scholten
, R. H.M. Timmer
, J. W.M. Vernimmen
, E. G.P. Vos
, T. W. Morgan (Corresponding author)

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Abstract

The liquid metal shield laboratory (LiMeS-Lab) will provide the infrastructure to develop, test, and compare liquid metal divertor designs for future fusion reactors. The main research topics of LiMeS-lab will be liquid metal interactions with the substrate material of the divertor, the continuous circulation and capillary refilling of the liquid metal during intense plasma heat loading and the retention of plasma particles in the liquid metal. To facilitate the research, four new devices are in development at the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research and the Eindhoven University of Technology: LiMeS-AM: a custom metal 3D printer based on powder bed fusion; LiMeS-Wetting, a plasma device to study the wetting of liquid metals on various substrates with different surface treatments; LiMeS-PSI, a linear plasma generator specifically adapted to operate continuous liquid metal loops. Special diagnostic protection will also be implemented to perform measurements in long duration shots without being affected by the liquid metal vapor; LiMeS-TDS, a thermal desorption spectroscopy system to characterize deuterium retention in a metal vapor environment. Each of these devices has specific challenges due to the presence and deposition of metal vapors that need to be addressed in order to function. In this paper, an overview of LiMeS-Lab will be given and the conceptual designs of the last three devices will be presented.

Original language	English
Article number	44
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Fusion Energy
Volume	42
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-023-00379-3
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023

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Funding Information:
DIFFER is part of the institutes organisation of NWO. This work is part of the research programme ‘LiMeS-lab: An integrated laboratory for the development of Liquid-Metal Shield technologies for fusion reactors’ with project number 175.2019.035, which is partly financed by NWO. This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 - EUROfusion). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union not the European Commission can be held responsible for them.

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© 2023, The Author(s).

Funding

DIFFER is part of the institutes organisation of NWO. This work is part of the research programme ‘LiMeS-lab: An integrated laboratory for the development of Liquid-Metal Shield technologies for fusion reactors’ with project number 175.2019.035, which is partly financed by NWO. This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 - EUROfusion). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union not the European Commission can be held responsible for them.

Keywords

Fusion technology
Liquid metals
Lithium
Plasma-facing components
Tin

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Tanke, V. F. B., Al, R. S., Alonso van der Westen, S., Brons, S., Classen, I. G. J., van Dommelen, J. A. W., van Eck, H. J. N., Geers, M. G. D., Lopes Cardozo, N. J., van der Meiden, H. J., Orrico, C. A., van de Pol, M. J., Riepen, M., Rindt, P., de Rooij, T. P., Scholten, J., Timmer, R. H. M., Vernimmen, J. W. M., Vos, E. G. P., & Morgan, T. W. (2023). LiMeS-Lab: An Integrated Laboratory for the Development of Liquid–Metal Shield Technologies for Fusion Reactors. Journal of Fusion Energy, 42(2), Article 44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-023-00379-3

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LiMeS-Lab: An Integrated Laboratory for the Development of Liquid–Metal Shield Technologies for Fusion Reactors

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