Real-time radiative divertor feedback control development for the NSTX-U tokamak using a vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer
Abstract
Here, a radiative divertor technique is planned for the NSTX-U tokamak to prevent excessive erosion and thermal damage of divertor plasma-facing components in H-mode plasma discharges with auxiliary heating up to 12 MW. In the radiative (partially detached) divertor, extrinsically seeded deuterium or impurity gases are used to increase plasma volumetric power and momentum losses. A real-time feedback control of the gas seeding rate is planned for discharges of up to 5 s duration. The outer divertor leg plasma electron temperature Te estimated spectroscopically in real time will be used as a control parameter. A vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer McPherson Model 251 with a fast charged-coupled device detector is developed for temperature monitoring between 5 and 30 eV, based on the Δn = 0, 1 line intensity ratios of carbon, nitrogen, or neon ion lines in the spectral range 300–1600 Å. A collisional-radiative model-based line intensity ratio will be used for relative calibration. A real-time Te-dependent signal within a characteristic divertor detachment equilibration time of ~10–15 ms is expected.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1372461
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-09CH11466
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Review of Scientific Instruments
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 87; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; vacuum ultraviolet; spectroscopy; divertor; detachment; impurities
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Soukhanovskii, V. A., Kaita, R., and Stratton, B. Real-time radiative divertor feedback control development for the NSTX-U tokamak using a vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4960058.
Soukhanovskii, V. A., Kaita, R., & Stratton, B. Real-time radiative divertor feedback control development for the NSTX-U tokamak using a vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960058
Soukhanovskii, V. A., Kaita, R., and Stratton, B. Thu .
"Real-time radiative divertor feedback control development for the NSTX-U tokamak using a vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960058. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1372461.
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title = {Real-time radiative divertor feedback control development for the NSTX-U tokamak using a vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer},
author = {Soukhanovskii, V. A. and Kaita, R. and Stratton, B.},
abstractNote = {Here, a radiative divertor technique is planned for the NSTX-U tokamak to prevent excessive erosion and thermal damage of divertor plasma-facing components in H-mode plasma discharges with auxiliary heating up to 12 MW. In the radiative (partially detached) divertor, extrinsically seeded deuterium or impurity gases are used to increase plasma volumetric power and momentum losses. A real-time feedback control of the gas seeding rate is planned for discharges of up to 5 s duration. The outer divertor leg plasma electron temperature Te estimated spectroscopically in real time will be used as a control parameter. A vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer McPherson Model 251 with a fast charged-coupled device detector is developed for temperature monitoring between 5 and 30 eV, based on the Δn = 0, 1 line intensity ratios of carbon, nitrogen, or neon ion lines in the spectral range 300–1600 Å. A collisional-radiative model-based line intensity ratio will be used for relative calibration. A real-time Te-dependent signal within a characteristic divertor detachment equilibration time of ~10–15 ms is expected.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4960058},
journal = {Review of Scientific Instruments},
number = 11,
volume = 87,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Aug 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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