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Title: ELM suppression in helium plasmas with 3D magnetic fields

Abstract

Experiments in DIII-D, using non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbation fields in high-purity low toroidal rotation, 4He plasmas have resulted in Type-I edge localized mode (ELM) suppression and mitigation. Suppression is obtained in plasmas with zero net input torque near the L–H power threshold using either electron cyclotron resonant heating (ECRH) or balanced co- and counter-I p neutral beam injection (NBI) resulting in conditions equivalent to those expected in ITER's non-active operating phase. In low-power ECRH H-modes, periods with uncontrolled density and impurity radiation excursions are prevented by applying n = 3 non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbation fields. ELM suppression results from a reduction and an outward shift of the electron pressure gradient peak compared to that in the high-power ELMing phase. Here, the change in the electron pressure gradient peak is primarily due to a drop in the pedestal temperature rather than the pedestal density.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [4];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [7]
  1. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  2. ITER Organization, St. Paul lez Durance (France)
  3. Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
  4. Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
  5. Ludwig Maximilian Univ., Munich (Germany)
  6. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States); Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  7. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
OSTI Identifier:
1373695
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1374585; OSTI ID: 1503986
Grant/Contract Number:  
FC02-04ER54698; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Fusion
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 57; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515
Publisher:
IOP Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ELM suppression; Helium plasmas; resonant magnetic perturbations; DIII-D; ITER

Citation Formats

Evans, T. E., Loarte, A., Orlov, D. M., Grierson, B. A., Knolker, M. M., Lyons, B. C., Cui, L., Gohil, P., Groebner, R. J., Moyer, R. A., Nazikian, R., Osborne, T. H., and Unterberg, E. A. ELM suppression in helium plasmas with 3D magnetic fields. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/aa7530.
Evans, T. E., Loarte, A., Orlov, D. M., Grierson, B. A., Knolker, M. M., Lyons, B. C., Cui, L., Gohil, P., Groebner, R. J., Moyer, R. A., Nazikian, R., Osborne, T. H., & Unterberg, E. A. ELM suppression in helium plasmas with 3D magnetic fields. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa7530
Evans, T. E., Loarte, A., Orlov, D. M., Grierson, B. A., Knolker, M. M., Lyons, B. C., Cui, L., Gohil, P., Groebner, R. J., Moyer, R. A., Nazikian, R., Osborne, T. H., and Unterberg, E. A. Wed . "ELM suppression in helium plasmas with 3D magnetic fields". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa7530. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1373695.
@article{osti_1373695,
title = {ELM suppression in helium plasmas with 3D magnetic fields},
author = {Evans, T. E. and Loarte, A. and Orlov, D. M. and Grierson, B. A. and Knolker, M. M. and Lyons, B. C. and Cui, L. and Gohil, P. and Groebner, R. J. and Moyer, R. A. and Nazikian, R. and Osborne, T. H. and Unterberg, E. A.},
abstractNote = {Experiments in DIII-D, using non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbation fields in high-purity low toroidal rotation, 4He plasmas have resulted in Type-I edge localized mode (ELM) suppression and mitigation. Suppression is obtained in plasmas with zero net input torque near the L–H power threshold using either electron cyclotron resonant heating (ECRH) or balanced co- and counter-I p neutral beam injection (NBI) resulting in conditions equivalent to those expected in ITER's non-active operating phase. In low-power ECRH H-modes, periods with uncontrolled density and impurity radiation excursions are prevented by applying n = 3 non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbation fields. ELM suppression results from a reduction and an outward shift of the electron pressure gradient peak compared to that in the high-power ELMing phase. Here, the change in the electron pressure gradient peak is primarily due to a drop in the pedestal temperature rather than the pedestal density.},
doi = {10.1088/1741-4326/aa7530},
journal = {Nuclear Fusion},
number = 8,
volume = 57,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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