Pulsed power accelerator surface Joule heating models
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Understanding the effects of contaminant plasmas generated within the Z machine at Sandia is critical to understanding current loss mechanisms. The plasmas are generated at the accelerator electrode surfaces and include desorbed species found in the surface and substrate of the walls. These desorbed species can become ionized. The timing and location of contaminant species desorbed from the wall surface depend non-linearly on the local surface temperature. For accurate modeling, it is necessary to utilize wall heating models to estimate the amount and timing of material desorption. One of these heating mechanisms is Joule heating. In this paper, we propose several extended semi-analytic magnetic diffusion heating models for computing surface Joule heating and demonstrate their effects for several representative current histories. We quantitatively assess under what circumstances these extensions to classical formulas may provide a validatable improvement to the understanding of contaminant desorption timing.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Science (NA-113); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; 209240
- OSTI ID:
- 1691450
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1970676
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2020-11123J; 691454; TRN: US2204161
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 27, Issue 10; ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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