Preliminary analysis on a liquid lithium limiter in capillary porous system (CPS) configuration in view of a “litization” experiment on FTU tokamak

FTU represents the first very good opportunity to test this configuration, called capillary porous system (CPS), in an ITER relevant experiment at high plasma density (up to 3.2 × 1020 m−3), high current (up to 1.6 MA) and high magnetic field (up to 8 T). As first step of its application on FTU, foreseen for the second half of 2005, CPS system will be employed for a “litization” experiment aimed to reduce plasma contamination and recycling.