Plasma and Fusion Research

Volume 13, 1405003 (2018)

Regular Articles

Study on Jets Stabilized by Inserting Internal Flow Resistances for the Liquid Metal Divertor in the Helical Fusion Reactor
Takeru OHGO1), Junichi MIYAZAWA1,2), Takuya GOTO1,2) and Takanori MURASE2)
1)
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 322-6 Oroshi, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
2)
National Institute for Fusion Science, 322-6 Oroshi, Toki, Gifu 509-5292, Japan
(Received 1 October 2017 / Accepted 18 December 2017 / Published 9 February 2018)

Abstract

The stabilization effect of the Internal Flow Resistances (IFR) inserted into water jets has been investigated in order to apply the liquid metal divertor to the helical fusion reactor, FFHR. A high heat load exceeding 20 MW/m2 is one of the important issues for the divertor in the nuclear fusion reactor. A new concept of ergodic limiter/divertor called the REVOLVER-D has been proposed for FFHR. This divertor is expected to tolerate a high heat load larger than a few tens of MW/m2. Jets narrow after acceleration by gravity and transform to droplets due to the surface tension instability. Stabilization of jets is an important issue for realizing the REVOLVER-D. In this paper, stabilization of jet by various IFR has been examined. Here, the “sheath jet” is defined as a jet with an IFR inside. Experiments on sheath jet have been carried out and the stabilization effect of IFR has been confirmed. Numerical simulations on sheath jet using ANSYS have been carried out. It is shown that the velocity of the sheath jet reaches the terminal velocity, which is proportional to 0.36 ± 0.01 power of the flow rate and −0.26 ± 0.01 power of the outer circumference of the IFR.

Keywords

divertor, liquid metal, fluid dynamics, jet, finite element method

DOI: 10.1585/pfr.13.1405003

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