Endoscope in the AEA port for divertor monitoring

Core Plasma Thomson Scattering
12. July 2022
GEOStar optical feeder link
12. July 2022
GEOStar optical feeder link
12. July 2022
Core Plasma Thomson Scattering
12. July 2022

Endoscope in the AEA port for divertor monitoring

Customer: Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), Greifswald

The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) develops a fusion reactor based on the stellarator concept, the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) in Greifswald. A key component of W7-X is the water-cooled island divertor that receives heat loads up to 10 MW/m².

For safe operation of the machine, a permanent monitoring shall be performed with the divertor thermography instrument.

KTO has designed and manufactured the IR objective of the endoscope.