Divertor operation in stellarators: results from W7-AS and implications for future devices
Divertor operation in stellarators: results from W7-AS and implications for future devices
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仿星器中的偏滤器操作:W7-AS 的结果以及对未来设备的影响
DOI:
10.1016/s0920-3796(03)00121-2
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2003
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W. Team
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P. Grigull;K. Mccormick;H. Renner;S. Masuzaki;R. König;J. Baldzuhn;S. Bäumel;R. Burhenn;R. Brakel;H. Ehmler;Y. Feng;F. Gadelmeier;L. Giannone;D. Hartmann;D. Hildebrandt;M. Hirsch;R. Jaenicke;J. Kisslinger;T. Klinger;J. Knauer;D. Naujoks;H. Niedermeyer;E. Pasch;N. Ramasubramanian;F. Sardei;F. Wagner;U. Wenzel;A. Werner;W. Team
The research on divertors for stellarators is at the beginning. Extensive studies are being prepared on large helical device (LHD) and W7-X. W7-AS is now being operated with an open island divertor (ID) which serves as a test bed for the W7-X divertor. The divertor enables access to a new NBI-heated, high-density operating regime with improved confinement properties. This regime—the high-density H-mode (HDH)—displays no evident mode activity, is extant above a threshold density and characterized by flat density profiles, high-energy- and low-impurity-confinement times and edge-localized radiation. Impurity accumulation, normally associated with ELM-free H-modes, is avoided. Quasi-steady-state discharges with n ̄eup to 4×1020m−3, edge radiation levels up to 90% and plasma partial detachment at the divertor targets can be simultaneously realized. The accessibility to other improved confinement modes in W7-AS (conventional H-mode and OC-mode) is not restricted by the divertor. The results provide a promising basis for future experiments, in particular on W7-X, and recommend the ID as a serious candidate for solving the plasma exhaust problem in stellarators.