Dependence of Recycling and Edge Profiles on Lithium Evaporation in High Triangularity, High Performance NSTX H-mode Discharges
Abstract
In this paper, the effects of a pre-discharge lithium evaporation scan on highly shaped discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) are documented. Lithium wall conditioning ('dose') was routinely applied onto graphite plasma facing components between discharges in NSTX, partly to reduce recycling. Reduced D[sub]α emission from the lower and upper divertor and center stack was observed, as well as reduced midplane neutral pressure; the magnitude of reduction increased with the pre-discharge lithium dose. Improved energy confinement, both raw τ[sub]E and H-factor normalized to scalings, with increasing lithium dose was also observed. At the highest doses, we also observed elimination of edge-localized modes. The midplane edge plasma profiles were dramatically altered, comparable to lithium dose scans at lower shaping, where the strike point was farther from the lithium deposition centroid. This indicates that the benefits of lithium conditioning should apply to the highly shaped plasmas planned in NSTX-U.
- Authors:
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- PPPL
- General Atomics
- ORNL
- Applied Physics and Applied Math Dept., Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 USA
- LLNL
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1172628
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-5039
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-09CH11466
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 21st International Conference on Plasma Surface Interactions in Controlled Fusion Devices (21st PSI), May 26-30, 2014, Kanazawa City, Japan; Related Information: Accepted for publication in: Journal of Nuclear Materials
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Maingi, R, Osborne, T H, Bell, M G, Bell, R E, Boyle, D P, Canik, J M, Dialla, A, Kaita, R, Kaye, S M, Kugel, H W, LeBlanc, B P, Sabbagh, S A, Skinner, C H, and Soukhanovskii, V A. Dependence of Recycling and Edge Profiles on Lithium Evaporation in High Triangularity, High Performance NSTX H-mode Discharges. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web.
Maingi, R, Osborne, T H, Bell, M G, Bell, R E, Boyle, D P, Canik, J M, Dialla, A, Kaita, R, Kaye, S M, Kugel, H W, LeBlanc, B P, Sabbagh, S A, Skinner, C H, & Soukhanovskii, V A. Dependence of Recycling and Edge Profiles on Lithium Evaporation in High Triangularity, High Performance NSTX H-mode Discharges. United States.
Maingi, R, Osborne, T H, Bell, M G, Bell, R E, Boyle, D P, Canik, J M, Dialla, A, Kaita, R, Kaye, S M, Kugel, H W, LeBlanc, B P, Sabbagh, S A, Skinner, C H, and Soukhanovskii, V A. 2014.
"Dependence of Recycling and Edge Profiles on Lithium Evaporation in High Triangularity, High Performance NSTX H-mode Discharges". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1172628.
@article{osti_1172628,
title = {Dependence of Recycling and Edge Profiles on Lithium Evaporation in High Triangularity, High Performance NSTX H-mode Discharges},
author = {Maingi, R and Osborne, T H and Bell, M G and Bell, R E and Boyle, D P and Canik, J M and Dialla, A and Kaita, R and Kaye, S M and Kugel, H W and LeBlanc, B P and Sabbagh, S A and Skinner, C H and Soukhanovskii, V A},
abstractNote = {In this paper, the effects of a pre-discharge lithium evaporation scan on highly shaped discharges in the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) are documented. Lithium wall conditioning ('dose') was routinely applied onto graphite plasma facing components between discharges in NSTX, partly to reduce recycling. Reduced D[sub]α emission from the lower and upper divertor and center stack was observed, as well as reduced midplane neutral pressure; the magnitude of reduction increased with the pre-discharge lithium dose. Improved energy confinement, both raw τ[sub]E and H-factor normalized to scalings, with increasing lithium dose was also observed. At the highest doses, we also observed elimination of edge-localized modes. The midplane edge plasma profiles were dramatically altered, comparable to lithium dose scans at lower shaping, where the strike point was farther from the lithium deposition centroid. This indicates that the benefits of lithium conditioning should apply to the highly shaped plasmas planned in NSTX-U.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1172628},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
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