The surface eroding thermocouple for fast heat flux measurement in DIII-D

J. Ren; D. Donovan; J. Watkins; H. Q. Wang; D. Rudakov; C. Murphy; A. McLean; C. Lasnier; E. Unterberg; D. Thomas; R. Boivin

doi:10.1063/1.5038677

The surface eroding thermocouple for fast heat flux measurement in DIII-D

J. Ren, D. Donovan, J. Watkins, H. Q. Wang, D. Rudakov, C. Murphy, A. McLean, C. Lasnier, E. Unterberg, D. Thomas, R. Boivin

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A novel type of surface eroding thermocouple (SETC) has been tested and demonstrated in the small angle slot (SAS) divertor of DIII-D for fast local heat flux measurements. The thermojunction of the SETC is formed between two thin (10 μm) ribbons, which are filed over to create microfiber junctions. These thermocouples are able to be exposed directly to the plasma at surface temperatures exceeding 2000 °C and are capable of sub-10 ms time resolution. Before installation in SAS, the SETCs were exposed in the lower DIII-D divertor during L-mode and H-mode discharges, from which results are presented. In preliminary tests, SETCs proved to be a qualified diagnostic to accurately measure both the intra-edge localized mode (ELM) and inter-ELM heat flux during H-mode shots with high frequency ELMs (hundreds of Hz) and to resolve heat flux profiles during strike point sweeps. The heat fluxes measured by using SETCs are consistent with the heat fluxes measured by using IR cameras and Langmuir probes. These new diagnostic capabilities will complement the existing IR camera measurements and will be of particularly significant value to measure surface heat flux in the SAS divertor or other regions where the IR camera lacks line of sight.

Original language	English
Article number	10J122
Journal	Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume	89
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5038677
State	Published - Oct 1 2018

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