Measurements and 2-D modeling of recycling and edge transport in discharges with lithium-coated PFCs in NSTX

J. M. Canik; R. Maingi; V. A. Soukhanovskii; R. E. Bell; H. W. Kugel; B. P. Leblanc; T. H. Osborne

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.11.084

Measurements and 2-D modeling of recycling and edge transport in discharges with lithium-coated PFCs in NSTX

J. M. Canik
, R. Maingi
, V. A. Soukhanovskii
, R. E. Bell
, H. W. Kugel
, B. P. Leblanc
, T. H. Osborne

Fusion Science and Technology Division

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Abstract

The application of lithium coatings on plasma facing components has been shown to profoundly affect plasma performance in the National Spherical Torus Experiment, improving energy confinement and eliminating edge-localized modes. The edge particle balance during these ELM-free discharges has been studied through 2-D plasma-neutrals modeling, constrained by measurements of the upstream plasma density and temperature profiles and the divertor heat flux and D_α emission. The calculations indicate that the reduction in divertor D_α emission with lithium coatings applied is consistent with a drop in recycling coefficient from R ∼ 0.98 to R ∼ 0.9. The change in recycling is not sufficient to account for the change in edge density profiles: interpretive modeling indicates similar transport coefficients within the edge transport barrier (D/χ_e ∼ 0.2/1.0 m²/s), but a widening of the barrier with lithium.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S409-S412
Journal	Journal of Nuclear Materials
Volume	415
Issue number	1 SUPPL
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.11.084
State	Published - Aug 1 2011

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This research was sponsored in part by US Dept. of Energy Contracts DE-AC05-00OR22725, DE-AC02-09CH11466, DE-AC52-07NA27344, and DE-FC02-04ER54698.

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