Studies of high-δ (baffled) and low-δ (open) pumped divertor operation on DIII-D

S. L. Allen, M. E. Fenstermacher, C. M. Greenfield, A. W. Hyatt, R. Maingi, G. D. Porter, M. R. Wade, A. S. Bozek, Robert A. Ellis, D. N. Hill, M. A. Hollerbach, C. J. Lasnier, A. W. Leonard, M. A. Mahdavi, D. G. Nilson, T. W. Petrie, M. J. Schaffer, J. P. Smith, R. D. Stambaugh, D. M. ThomasJ. G. Watkins, W. P. West, D. G. Whyte, R. D. Wood

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Abstract

We report new experimental results with the Radiative Divertor Project-outer baffle (RDP-OB) and cryopump in both upper single-null (USN) and double-null (DN) ELMing H-mode discharges. The baffled divertor reduced the core ionization (approximately 2-2.5×), in reasonable agreement with predictions from UEDGE/DEGAS modeling (approximately 3.75×). The upper cryopump achieved density control of ne/ngw to approximately 0.22 (line density/Greenwald density) with Zeff to approximately 2 in high-δ plasmas. The measured exhaust is comparable to the lower pump, except at lower core electron densities (ne<5×1019 m-3). Efficient impurity exhaust was obtained with deuterium SOL flow. Preliminary experiments with DN operation has shown that the particle exhaust to the upper pump depends on the up/down magnetic balance. Preliminary experiments indicate that the DN exhaust is roughly 40-50% of the USN exhaust at ne to approximately 4×1019 m-3.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)168-174
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Nuclear Materials
Volume266
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2 1999

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

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

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