High performance H mode plasmas at densities above the Greenwald limit

  • M. A. Mahdavi
  • , T. H. Osborne
  • , A. W. Leonard
  • , M. S. Chu
  • , E. J. Doyle
  • , M. E. Fenstermacher
  • , G. R. McKee
  • , G. M. Staebler
  • , T. W. Petrie
  • , M. R. Wade
  • , S. L. Allen
  • , J. A. Boedo
  • , N. H. Brooks
  • , R. J. Colchin
  • , T. E. Evans
  • , C. M. Greenfield
  • , G. D. Porter
  • , R. C. Isler
  • , R. J. La Haye
  • , C. J. Lasnier
  • R. Maingi, R. A. Moyer, M. J. Schaffer, P. G. Stangeby, J. G. Watkins, W. P. West, D. G. Whyte, N. S. Wolf

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Abstract

Densities of up to 40% above the Greenwald limit are reproducibly achieved in high confinement (HITER89P = 2) ELMing H mode discharges. Simultaneous gas fuelling and divertor pumping were used to obtain these results. Confinement of these discharges, similar to moderate density H mode, is characterized by a stiff temperature profile, and is therefore sensitive to the density profile. A particle transport model is presented that explains the roles of divertor pumping and geometry for access to high densities. The energy loss per ELM at high density is a factor of five lower than the predictions of an earlier scaling, based on data from lower density discharges.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)52-58
Number of pages7
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume42
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002 Jan

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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