Enhanced confinement discharges in DIII-D with neon and argon induced radiation

  • G. L. Jackson
  • , M. Murakami
  • , G. M. Staebler
  • , M. R. Wade
  • , A. M. Messiaen
  • , J. Ongena
  • , B. Unterberg
  • , J. A. Boedo
  • , T. E. Evans
  • , A. W. Hyatt
  • , R. J. LaHaye
  • , C. J. Lasnier
  • , A. W. Leonard
  • , G. W. McKee
  • , R. Maingi
  • , R. A. Moyer
  • , T. W. Petrie
  • , W. P. West

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Abstract

Enhanced energy confinement in discharges with impurity induced radiating power fractions, Prad/Pin, from 50% to 100% have been observed in the DIII-D tokamak with neon and argon gas puffing. These radiating mantle enhanced confinement discharges have been obtained in the DIII-D tokamak under a variety of conditions: diverted and limited configurations with both an H-mode and L-mode edge. Confinement enhancements as high as the ELM free H-mode scaling relation have been obtained with impurity gas puffing, although operation at the highest densities is transient. Similarities and differences between these DIII-D discharges and RI-mode discharges obtained in the TEXTOR tokamak are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)380-385
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume266
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2 1999

Funding

Work supported by US Department of Energy under Contracts DE-AC03-89ER51114, DE-AC05-96OR22464, W-7405-ENG-48, and Grant DE-FG03-95ER54294. This work was also done as part of the DIII-D – TEXTOR collaboration supported by DOE and Euratom.

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