Assessment of the Poloidal Distribution of Core Plasma Fueling and Impurity Sources in DIII-D

Conference · Tue May 18 04:00:00 EDT 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2004.09.068· OSTI ID:15014208

Groth, M; Owen, L; Porter, G; Brooks, N; Fenstermacher, M; Meyer, W; Leonard, A; Petrie, T; Rudakov, D; Wang, G; Watkins, J; Wolf, N

Measurements and modeling of the 2D poloidal D{sub {alpha}} intensity distribution in DIII-D low density L-mode and medium density ELMy H-mode plasmas indicate that the core plasma is predominately fueled near the divertor x-point region. The neutral hydrogen and ion carbon emission were measured in the divertor and inner main chamber scrape-off layer (SOL) using a plasma imaging technique, covering 85% of the poloidal cross-section. Typically, the peak emission in the inner main SOL at the tokamak midplane was three orders of magnitude lower than in the divertor. For discharges with the ion Bx{del}B drift direction toward the lower divertor the UEDGE/DEGAS codes predict strong core plasma fueling from the significantly higher density and lower temperature plasma calculated in the inner divertor leg. The concomitant carbon ion flow reversal in the inner divertor leg enhances the leakage of carbon from the divertor into the main SOL, and hence into the core.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 15014208
• Report Number(s): UCRL-CONF-204233
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
CARBON
CARBON IONS
DISTRIBUTION
DIVERTORS
DOUBLET-3 DEVICE
HYDROGEN
LEGS
PLASMA
SOLS