Heat flux management via advanced magnetic divertor configurations and divertor detachment

  • E. Kolemen
  • , S. L. Allen
  • , B. D. Bray
  • , M. E. Fenstermacher
  • , D. A. Humphreys
  • , A. W. Hyatt
  • , C. J. Lasnier
  • , A. W. Leonard
  • , M. A. Makowski
  • , A. G. McLean
  • , R. Maingi
  • , R. Nazikian
  • , T. W. Petrie
  • , V. A. Soukhanovskii
  • , E. A. Unterberg

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Abstract

Abstract The snowflake divertor (SFD) control and detachment control to manage the heat flux at the divertor are successfully demonstrated at DIII-D. Results of the development and implementation of these two heat flux reduction control methods are presented. The SFD control algorithm calculates the position of the two null-points in real-time and controls shaping coil currents to achieve and stabilize various snowflake configurations. Detachment control stabilizes the detachment front fixed at specified distance between the strike point and the X-point throughout the shot.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number48693
Pages (from-to)1186-1190
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume463
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 22 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

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

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