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H. Würz, B. Bazylev, I. Landman, V. Safronov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 739-744
Plasma-Facing Components: Analysis and Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963023
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Plasma wall interactions under conditions simulating ITER hard disruptions and ELMs are studied at the plasma gun facilities 2MK-200 CUSP and MK-200 UG at Troitsk. The experimental data for carbon plasma shields are used for validation of the theoretical modeling of the plasma wall interaction. The important features of the non-LTE plasma shield such as temperature and density distribution, its evolution and the conversion efficiency of the energy of the plasma stream into total and soft x-ray radiation from highly ionized evaporated target material and the energy balance are reproduced quite well. Thus a realistic modelling of ITER disruptive plasma wall interaction using the validated models is now possible.