Edge localized modes control: Experiment and theory

M. Becoulet, G. Huysmans, P. Thomas, E. Joffrin, F. Rimini, P. Monier-Garbet, A. Grosman, P. Ghendrih, V. Parail, P. Lomas, G. Matthews, H. Wilson, M. Gryaznevich, G. Counsell, A. Loarte, G. Saibene, R. Sartori, A. Leonard, P. Snyder, T. EvansP. Gohil, R. Moyer, Y. Kamada, N. Oyama, T. Hatae, K. Kamiya, A. Degeling, Y. Martin, J. Lister, J. Rapp, C. Perez, P. Lang, A. Chankin, T. Eich, A. Sips, J. Stober, L. Horton, A. Kallenbach, W. Suttrop, S. Saarelma, S. Cowley, J. Lönnroth, M. Shimada, A. Polevoi, G. Federici

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Abstract

The paper reviews recent theoretical and experimental results focussing on the identification of the key factors controlling ELM energy and particle losses both in natural ELMs and in the presence of external controlling mechanisms. Present experiment and theory pointed out the benefit of the high plasma shaping, high q95 and high pedestal density in reducing the ELM affected area and conductive energy losses in Type I ELMs. Small benign ELMs regimes in present machines (EDA, HRS, Type II, Grassy, QH, Type III in impurity seeded discharges at high δ) and their relevance for ITER are reviewed. Recent studies of active control of ELMs using stochastic boundaries, small pellets and edge current generation are presented.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)677-683
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume337-339
Issue number1-3 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2005
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • General Materials Science
  • Nuclear Energy and Engineering

Keywords

  • ELM
  • ELM control
  • Edge modelling

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