Measurements and modeling of impurity source distributions from the Tore Supra outboard pump limiter

Abstract

An experiment has been carried out to study impurity generation processes on an inertial limiter on Tore Supra. It is part of a plan to assemble a more detailed integrated picture of impurity generation at the inner wall, the outboard and vertical pump limiters, and the heating and current drive antennas. A system has been implemented to permit quantitative measurement of impurity sources from the outboard limiter in Tore Supra. Data are presented for a representative case in which the limiter is isolated as much as possible from connection with other Tore Supra plasma-facing components. The data are compared with results from the Monte-Carlo SOL impurity transport code BBQ, in an attempt to identify the mechanism for impurity release. Evidence of chemical sputtering as an important impurity source is seen.