High confinement and high density with stationary plasma energy and strong edge radiation cooling in the upgraded Torus Experiment for Technology Oriented Research (TEXTOR-94)

A. M. Messiaen; J. Ongena; B. Unterberg; J. Boedo; G. Fuchs; R. Jaspers; L. Konen; H. R. Koslowski; G. Mank; J. Rapp; U. Samm; P. E. Vandenplas; G. Van Oost; G. Van Wassenhove; G. Waidmann; R. R. Weynants; G. H. Wolf; G. Bertschinger; G. Bonheure; M. Brix; P. Dumortier; F. Durodie; K. H. Finken; B. Giesen; D. Hillis; P. Hutteman; R. Koch; A. Kramer-Flecken; A. Lyssoivan; Ph Mertens; A. Pospieszczyk; A. Post-Zwicker; M. Sauer; B. Schweer; J. Schwelberger; G. Telesca; M. Z. Tokar; R. Uhlemann; M. Vervier; J. Winter

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High confinement and high density with stationary plasma energy and strong edge radiation cooling in the upgraded Torus Experiment for Technology Oriented Research (TEXTOR-94)

A. M. Messiaen, J. Ongena, B. Unterberg, J. Boedo, G. Fuchs, R. Jaspers, L. Konen, H. R. Koslowski, G. Mank, J. Rapp, U. Samm, P. E. Vandenplas, G. Van Oost, G. Van Wassenhove, G. Waidmann, R. R. Weynants, G. H. Wolf, G. Bertschinger, G. Bonheure, M. BrixP. Dumortier, F. Durodie, K. H. Finken, B. Giesen, D. Hillis, P. Hutteman, R. Koch, A. Kramer-Flecken, A. Lyssoivan, Ph Mertens, A. Pospieszczyk, A. Post-Zwicker, M. Sauer, B. Schweer, J. Schwelberger, G. Telesca, M. Z. Tokar, R. Uhlemann, M. Vervier, J. Winter

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An overview of the results obtained so far for the radiative I-mode regime on the upgraded Torus Experiment for Technology Oriented Research (TEXTOR-94) [Proceedings of the 16th IEEE Symposium on Fusion Engineering (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Piscataway, NJ, 1995), Vol. 1, p. 470] is given. This regime is obtained under quasistationary conditions with edge neon seeding in a pumped limiter tokamak with circular cross section. It combines high confinement and high β (up to a normalized beta, [formula omitted]=2) with low edge [formula omitted] values (down to [formula omitted]=2.8) and high density even above the Greenwald limit together with dominant edge radiative heat exhaust, and therefore shows promise for the future of fusion research. Bulk and edge properties of these discharges are described, and a detailed account is given of the energy and particle confinement and their scaling. Energy confinement scales linearly with density as for the nonsaturated Ohmic Neo-Alcator scaling, but the usual degradation with total power remains. No deleterious effects of the neon seeding on fusion reactivity and plasma stability have been observed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1690-1698
Number of pages	9
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	4
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872343
State	Published - May 1997

Keywords

BETA RATIO
DEUTERIUM
HELIUM
PLASMA CONFINEMENT
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA IMPURITIES
RADIATIVE COOLING
SCALING LAWS
TEXTOR TOKAMAK

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Messiaen, A. M., Ongena, J., Unterberg, B., Boedo, J., Fuchs, G., Jaspers, R., Konen, L., Koslowski, H. R., Mank, G., Rapp, J., Samm, U., Vandenplas, P. E., Van Oost, G., Van Wassenhove, G., Waidmann, G., Weynants, R. R., Wolf, G. H., Bertschinger, G., Bonheure, G., ... Winter, J. (1997). High confinement and high density with stationary plasma energy and strong edge radiation cooling in the upgraded Torus Experiment for Technology Oriented Research (TEXTOR-94). Physics of Plasmas, 4(5), 1690-1698. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872343

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High confinement and high density with stationary plasma energy and strong edge radiation cooling in the upgraded Torus Experiment for Technology Oriented Research (TEXTOR-94)

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