Development and Testing of High-Heat-Flux Components for the Tore Supra Horizontal Pump Limiter Module

Assessing braze quality in the actively cooled Tore Supra phase III outboard pump limiter

“…The design of this limiter and its fabrication have been reported elsewhere. [3][4][5][6] This paper focuses on the process used during fabrication of the limiter to evaluate braze quality. As noted elsewhere in these proceedings, obtaining reliable quality in the joining of plasma-facing annor to water-cooled heat sinks has posed a continuing and significant problem for the few applications where watercooled plasma-facing components are being used in the fusion program.…”

High quality actively cooled plasma-facing components for fusion

“…Four themes to be discussed are: (1) how manufacturing flaws, e.g., flaw in joining, affect the thermal performance of a PFC, (2) the related and important roles of non-destructive evaluation and analyses of the impacts of these flaws, (3) shortcomings and developments in the thermal-hydraulic data base, and (4) the need for monitoring during the operation of actively-cooled PFCs to confirm safe operation.…”