EAST steady-state long pulse H-mode with core-edge integration for CFETR

X. Z. Gong, A. M. Garofalo, J. Huang, J. P. Qian, A. Ekedah, R. Maingi, C. T. Holcomb, F. K. Liu, Y. P. Zhao, B. J. Xiao, J. S. Hu, C. D. Hu, L. Q. Hu, M. Wang, H. D. Xu, E. Li, L. Zeng, Q. Zang, H. Q. Liu, B. LyuQ. P. Yuan, K. D. Li, B. Zhang, J. Y. Zhang, T. Q. Jia, M. Q. Wu, J. L. Chen, X. Zhu, M. H. Li, X. J. Zhang, L. Zhang, Y. M. Duan, L. Wang, R. Ding, Y. W. Sun, G. S. Xu, Y. F. Liang, N. Xiang, B. N. Wan, J. G. Li

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Abstract

A recent EAST experiment has successfully demonstrated long pulse steady-state high plasma performance scenario and core-edge integration since the last IAEA in 2018. A discharge with a duration over 60 s with β P ∼2.0, β N ∼1.6, H98y2 ∼1.3 and an internal transport barrier on the electron temperature channel is obtained with multi-RF power heating and current drive. A higher β N (β N ∼1.8, β p ∼2.0, H98y2 ∼1.3, n e/n GW ∼0.75) with a duration of 20 s is achieved by using the modulated neutral beam and multi-RF power, where several normalized parameters are close or even higher than the phase III 1 GW scenario of CFETR steady-state. High-Z impurity accumulation in the plasma core is well controlled in a low level by using the on-axis ECH. Modeling shows that the strong diffusion of TEM turbulence in the central region prevents tungsten impurity from accumulating. More recently, EAST has demonstrated compatible core-edge integration discharges in the high β p scenario: high confinement H98y2 > 1.2 with high β P ∼2.5/β N ∼2.0 and f bs ∼50% is sustained with reduced divertor heat flux at high density n e/n GW ∼0.7 and moderate q 95 ∼6.7. By combining active impurity seeding through radiative divertor feedback control and strike point splitting induced by resonant perturbation coil, the peak heat flux is reduced by 20-30% on the ITER-like tungsten divertor, here a mixture of 50% neon and 50% D2 is applied.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number076009
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume62
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2022

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Keywords

  • long pulse
  • steady state
  • tokamak

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