Understanding detachment of the W7-X island divertor

Feng, Y.; Jakubowski, M.; König, R.; Krychowiak, M.; Otte, M.; Reimold, F.; Reiter, D.; Schmitz, O.; Zhang, D.; Beidler, C. D.; Biedermann, C.; Bozhenkov, S.; Brunner, K. J.; Dinklage, A.; Drewelow, P.; Effenberg, F.; Endler, M.; Fuchert, G.; Gao, Y.; Geiger, J.; Hammond, K. C.; Helander, P.; Killer, C.; Knauer, J.; Kremeyer, T.; Pasch, E.; Rudischhauser, L.; Schlisio, G.; Sunn Pedersen, T.; Wenzel, U.; Winters, V.; W7-X team,

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac0772

Understanding detachment of the W7-X island divertor

Journal Article · Mon Jun 28 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Nuclear Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac0772· OSTI ID:1814207

Feng, Y.; ; König, R.; Krychowiak, M.; Otte, M.; Reimold, F.; Reiter, D.; ; Zhang, D.; ; Biedermann, C.; ; ; Dinklage, A.; ; ; ; Fuchert, G.; ; more »

The fundamental behavior of the W7-X island divertor under detached conditions, which has been theoretically predicted with the EMC3-Eirene code, is re-examined here under the experimental conditions achieved so far and compared with the first experimental results. Both simulations and experiments cover a range of divertor configurations and plasma parameters, and show the following common trends: (1) with rising impurity radiation, the target heat load decreases 'uniformly' over the entire target surface in the sense that both the peak and average heat loads can drop by an order of magnitude. Impurity radiation (mainly from intrinsic carbon) occurs primarily at the plasma edge and the resulting negative impact on the stored energy is less than 10%. (2) When the total radiation exceeds a critical level, the target particle flux (the recycling flux Γrecy) begins to fall and can drop by a factor of 3–5 at high radiation levels without an obvious indication of significant volume recombination. (3) While Γ_recy decreases, the divertor neutral pressure continues to build up and reaches a maximum, at which point Γ_recy has declined significantly. (4) During detachment, the electron temperature at the last closed flux surface falls in a way that is not quantitatively understandable from parallel classical heat conduction processes. This paper presents a physical explanation of the numerical/experimental results described above. Furthermore, using the EMC3-Eirene code as a diagnostic tool, we are able, apparently for the first time, to provide a full quantitative analysis of each transport channel in the island divertor, aiming to clarify how the island divertor plasma self-regulates to maintain particle, energy, and momentum balance under detached conditions.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: EUROfusion Consortium; Euratom Research and Training Programme

Contributing Organization:: W7-X Team

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466

OSTI ID:: 1814207

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 23129809

Journal Information:: Nuclear Fusion, Journal Name: Nuclear Fusion Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 61; ISSN 0029-5515

Publisher:: IOP ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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