Demonstration of particle exhaust control during ELM suppression by resonant magnetic perturbations in DIII-D
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
- General Atomics, San Diego
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
- ORNL
- University of California, San Diego
A reduction in plasma electron density ('pump-out') during the application of resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) on DIII-D precedes the suppression of edge localized modes (ELMs) in discharges with low (<= 0.2) electron pedestal collisionalities. The magnitude of the density drop near the plasma pedestal can be up to 30% and as low as similar to 2% for discharges with similar applied RMP, and thus motivates further study to determine the cause of the variation. Based on an analysis of the global particle balance and measurements of the D-alpha poloidal distribution, it is shown that the wall inventory can be strongly affected by changing the average triangularity () of the discharge. Specifically, particle balance in = 0.3 discharges shows that the density pump-out was substantially higher than the increase in particle exhaust to the cryo-pumps, i.e. wall pumping was apparently required. On the other hand, particle balance in = 0.5 discharges shows that the density pump-out was offset by an increase in exhaust to the cryo-pumps, i.e. wall pumping was not required. Correspondingly, the D-alpha intensity increased by similar to 50%-100% at = 0.5 during the RMP phase of the discharge when compared with theRMPphase of a = 0.3 discharge. Both of these observations imply a possible increase in the neutral particles in the scrape-off-layer. More significantly, this new result demonstrates density pump-out and ELM suppression without significant wall pumping, which is a desirable feature for long-pulse reactors with saturated walls.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Work for Others (WFO)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 1015720
- Journal Information:
- Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 49, Issue 9; ISSN 0029--5515
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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