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Title: First neutral beam experiments on Wendelstein 7-X

Abstract

In the previous divertor campaign, the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) device injected 3.6 MW of neutral beam heating power allowing for the achievement of densities approaching 2 × 1020 m-3, and providing the first initial assessment of fast ion confinement in a drift optimized stellarator. The neutral beam injection (NBI) system on W7-X is comprised of two beam boxes with space for four radio frequency sources each. The 3.6 MW of heating reported in this work was achieved with two sources in the NI21 beam box. The effect of combined electron-cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) and NBI was explored through a series of discharges varying both NBI and ECRH power. Discharges without ECRH saw a linear increase in the line-integrated plasma density, and strong peaking of the core density, over the discharge duration. The presence of 1 MW of ECRH power was found to be sufficient to control a continuous density rise during NBI operation. Simulations of fast ion wall loads were found to be consistent with experimental infrared camera images during operation. In general, NBI discharges were free from the presence of fast ion induced Alfvénic activity, consistent with low beam betas. These experiments provide data for future scenario development andmore » initial assessment of fast-ion confinement in W7-X, a key topic of the project.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
EUROfusion Consortium; Euratom Research and Training Programme
Contributing Org.:
W7-X Team
OSTI Identifier:
1814206
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-09CH11466; 633053
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Fusion
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 61; Journal ID: ISSN 0029-5515
Publisher:
IOP Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; stellarator; fast ions; energetic particles; neutral beam; fusion

Citation Formats

Lazerson, Samuel A., Ford, Oliver P., Äkäslompolo, Simppa Johannes, Bozhenkov, Sergey A., Slaby, Christoph, Vano, Lilla, Spanier, Annabelle, McNeely, Paul, Rust, Norbert, Hartmann, Dirk, Poloskei, Peter Zsolt, Buttenschön, Birger, Burhenn, Rainer, Tamura, Naoki, Bussiahn, Rene, Wegner, Thomas, Drevlak, Michael, Turkin, Yuriy, Ogawa, Kunihiro, Knauer, Jens P., Brunner, Kai Jakob, Pasch, Ekkehard, Beurskens, Marc A., Damm, Hannes, Fuchert, Golo, Nelde, Philipp, Scott, Evan R., Pablant, Novimir Antoniuk, Langenberg, Andreas, Traverso, Peter, Valson, Pranay, Hergenhahn, Uwe, Pavone, Andrea, Rahbarnia, Kian, Andreeva, Tamara, Schilling, Jonathan, Brandt, Christian, Neuner, Ulrich, Thomsen, H., Chaudhary, Neha, Höfel, Udo, Stange, Torsten, Weir, Gavin McCabe, Marushchenko, Nikolai B., Jakubowski, Marcin, Ali, Adnan, Gao, Yu, Niemann, Holger, Puig Sitjes, Aleix, Koenig, Ralf, Schroeder, Ralf, den Harder, Niek, Heinemann, Bernd, Hopf, Christian, Riedl, Rudolf, and Wolf, Robert C. First neutral beam experiments on Wendelstein 7-X. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1088/1741-4326/ac121c.
Lazerson, Samuel A., Ford, Oliver P., Äkäslompolo, Simppa Johannes, Bozhenkov, Sergey A., Slaby, Christoph, Vano, Lilla, Spanier, Annabelle, McNeely, Paul, Rust, Norbert, Hartmann, Dirk, Poloskei, Peter Zsolt, Buttenschön, Birger, Burhenn, Rainer, Tamura, Naoki, Bussiahn, Rene, Wegner, Thomas, Drevlak, Michael, Turkin, Yuriy, Ogawa, Kunihiro, Knauer, Jens P., Brunner, Kai Jakob, Pasch, Ekkehard, Beurskens, Marc A., Damm, Hannes, Fuchert, Golo, Nelde, Philipp, Scott, Evan R., Pablant, Novimir Antoniuk, Langenberg, Andreas, Traverso, Peter, Valson, Pranay, Hergenhahn, Uwe, Pavone, Andrea, Rahbarnia, Kian, Andreeva, Tamara, Schilling, Jonathan, Brandt, Christian, Neuner, Ulrich, Thomsen, H., Chaudhary, Neha, Höfel, Udo, Stange, Torsten, Weir, Gavin McCabe, Marushchenko, Nikolai B., Jakubowski, Marcin, Ali, Adnan, Gao, Yu, Niemann, Holger, Puig Sitjes, Aleix, Koenig, Ralf, Schroeder, Ralf, den Harder, Niek, Heinemann, Bernd, Hopf, Christian, Riedl, Rudolf, & Wolf, Robert C. First neutral beam experiments on Wendelstein 7-X. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac121c
Lazerson, Samuel A., Ford, Oliver P., Äkäslompolo, Simppa Johannes, Bozhenkov, Sergey A., Slaby, Christoph, Vano, Lilla, Spanier, Annabelle, McNeely, Paul, Rust, Norbert, Hartmann, Dirk, Poloskei, Peter Zsolt, Buttenschön, Birger, Burhenn, Rainer, Tamura, Naoki, Bussiahn, Rene, Wegner, Thomas, Drevlak, Michael, Turkin, Yuriy, Ogawa, Kunihiro, Knauer, Jens P., Brunner, Kai Jakob, Pasch, Ekkehard, Beurskens, Marc A., Damm, Hannes, Fuchert, Golo, Nelde, Philipp, Scott, Evan R., Pablant, Novimir Antoniuk, Langenberg, Andreas, Traverso, Peter, Valson, Pranay, Hergenhahn, Uwe, Pavone, Andrea, Rahbarnia, Kian, Andreeva, Tamara, Schilling, Jonathan, Brandt, Christian, Neuner, Ulrich, Thomsen, H., Chaudhary, Neha, Höfel, Udo, Stange, Torsten, Weir, Gavin McCabe, Marushchenko, Nikolai B., Jakubowski, Marcin, Ali, Adnan, Gao, Yu, Niemann, Holger, Puig Sitjes, Aleix, Koenig, Ralf, Schroeder, Ralf, den Harder, Niek, Heinemann, Bernd, Hopf, Christian, Riedl, Rudolf, and Wolf, Robert C. Mon . "First neutral beam experiments on Wendelstein 7-X". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ac121c. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1814206.
@article{osti_1814206,
title = {First neutral beam experiments on Wendelstein 7-X},
author = {Lazerson, Samuel A. and Ford, Oliver P. and Äkäslompolo, Simppa Johannes and Bozhenkov, Sergey A. and Slaby, Christoph and Vano, Lilla and Spanier, Annabelle and McNeely, Paul and Rust, Norbert and Hartmann, Dirk and Poloskei, Peter Zsolt and Buttenschön, Birger and Burhenn, Rainer and Tamura, Naoki and Bussiahn, Rene and Wegner, Thomas and Drevlak, Michael and Turkin, Yuriy and Ogawa, Kunihiro and Knauer, Jens P. and Brunner, Kai Jakob and Pasch, Ekkehard and Beurskens, Marc A. and Damm, Hannes and Fuchert, Golo and Nelde, Philipp and Scott, Evan R. and Pablant, Novimir Antoniuk and Langenberg, Andreas and Traverso, Peter and Valson, Pranay and Hergenhahn, Uwe and Pavone, Andrea and Rahbarnia, Kian and Andreeva, Tamara and Schilling, Jonathan and Brandt, Christian and Neuner, Ulrich and Thomsen, H. and Chaudhary, Neha and Höfel, Udo and Stange, Torsten and Weir, Gavin McCabe and Marushchenko, Nikolai B. and Jakubowski, Marcin and Ali, Adnan and Gao, Yu and Niemann, Holger and Puig Sitjes, Aleix and Koenig, Ralf and Schroeder, Ralf and den Harder, Niek and Heinemann, Bernd and Hopf, Christian and Riedl, Rudolf and Wolf, Robert C.},
abstractNote = {In the previous divertor campaign, the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) device injected 3.6 MW of neutral beam heating power allowing for the achievement of densities approaching 2 × 1020 m-3, and providing the first initial assessment of fast ion confinement in a drift optimized stellarator. The neutral beam injection (NBI) system on W7-X is comprised of two beam boxes with space for four radio frequency sources each. The 3.6 MW of heating reported in this work was achieved with two sources in the NI21 beam box. The effect of combined electron-cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) and NBI was explored through a series of discharges varying both NBI and ECRH power. Discharges without ECRH saw a linear increase in the line-integrated plasma density, and strong peaking of the core density, over the discharge duration. The presence of 1 MW of ECRH power was found to be sufficient to control a continuous density rise during NBI operation. Simulations of fast ion wall loads were found to be consistent with experimental infrared camera images during operation. In general, NBI discharges were free from the presence of fast ion induced Alfvénic activity, consistent with low beam betas. These experiments provide data for future scenario development and initial assessment of fast-ion confinement in W7-X, a key topic of the project.},
doi = {10.1088/1741-4326/ac121c},
journal = {Nuclear Fusion},
number = ,
volume = 61,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Mon Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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