ITER L mode confinement database

S. M. Kaye, M. Greenwald, U. Stroth, O. Kardaun, A. Kus, D. Schissel, J. DeBoo, G. Bracco, K. Thomsen, J. G. Cordey, Y. Miura, T. Matsuda, H. Tamai, T. Takizuka, T. Hirayama

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Abstract

This special topic describes the contents of an L mode database that has been compiled with data from Alcator C-Mod, ASDEX, DIII, DIII-D, FTU, JET, JFT-2M, JT-60, PBX-M, PDX, T-10, TEXTOR, TFTR and Tore Supra. The database consists of a total of 2938 entries, 1881 of which are in the L phase while 922 are ohmically heated only (ohmic). Each entry contains up to 95 descriptive parameters, including global and kinetic information, machine conditioning and configuration. The special topic presents a description of the database and the variables contained therein, and it also presents global and thermal scalings along with predictions for ITER. The L mode thermal confinement time scaling, determined from a subset of 1312 entries for which the τE,th are provided, is τE,th = 0.023IP0.96BT0.03R1.83 (R/a)0.06κ0.64e0.40Meff0.20P-0.73 in units of seconds, megamps, teslas, metres, -, -, 1019 m-3, atomic mass units and megawatts.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1303-1328
Number of pages26
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume37
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1997
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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