TESTS ON THE HYPERVAPOTRON COOLING TECHNIQUE FOR DIVERTOR APPLICATION

Basic tests on the hypervapotron cooling technique have been performed by the NET Team and the ENE A and SIET laboratories using a high power direct electrical heating system. The scope of the tests was to better understand the hypervapotron effect and to estimate the influence of the main hydraulic parameters on the heat transfer and on the critical heat flux. The main results are here presented.