Experiments on plasma detachment in a V-shaped slot divertor in the DIII-D tokamak

R. Maurizio, D. Thomas, J. H. Yu, T. Abrams, A. W. Hyatt, J. Herfindal, A. Leonard, X. Ma, A. G. McLean, J. Ren, F. Scotti, M. W. Shafer, G. Sinclair, H. Q. Wang, J. Watkins

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Abstract

Experiments in DIII-D demonstrate that the upstream plasma density to detach an un-pumped slot divertor is similar for a V-shaped and a flat-end slot, despite significantly higher neutral pressure in the V-shaped slot and in contrast to SOLPS-ITER predictions. The detachment threshold can be reduced by using in-slot instead of main-chamber gas fuelling or by placing the strike point on the inner slanted slot baffle instead of the slot end, as described by simulations with full drift physics. When increasing the plasma line-averaged density (without extrinsic impurities), the transition to detachment in DIII-D slot divertor is sharp and requires a high value of plasma density with the ion (Formula presented) drift into the slot, whereas it is smooth and requires a lower value of plasma density with the opposite drift direction, in accord with detachment experiments in the DIII-D open lower divertor. Unique experiments on DIII-D and comparison to advanced simulations expand the scientific understanding of slot-shaped divertors, considered highly desirable for next step fusion devices.

Original languageEnglish
Article number086048
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume64
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2024

Keywords

  • DIII-D
  • FEC 2023
  • detachment
  • divertor
  • power exhaust
  • slot divertor

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