Suppression of edge localized modes with real-time boron injection using the tungsten divertor in EAST
- 14 December 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nuclear Fusion
- Vol. 61 (1), 014002
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/abc763
Abstract
We report an observation of robust suppression of edge-localized modes (ELMs) in the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), enabled by continuous boron (B) powder injection. Edge harmonic oscillations appear during B powder injection, providing sufficient particle transport to maintain constant density and avoid impurity accumulation in ELM-stable plasmas. Quasi-steady ELM suppression discharges are demonstrated with modest energy confinement improvement and over a wide range of conditions: heating power and technique variation, electron density range over a factor ∼3.5, deuterium or helium ion species, and with either direction of the toroidal magnetic field. ELM suppression is observed above a threshold edge B intensity and ceases within 0.5 s of termination of the B injection. In contrast to ELM suppression accompanied by recycling reduction during Li powder injection in NSTX and EAST (Maingi et al 2018 Nucl. Fusion 58 024003), reduced recycling due to hydrogenic species retention is unnecessary for the ELM suppression with B powder injection, paving the way for its consideration as an ELM control tool for future fusion devices.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFE0301100 2017YFA0402500)
- National Nature Science Foundation of China (11625524 11775261 11905138 11905148)
- US Dept. of Energy Contracts (DE-AC02-09CH11466 DE-FC02-04ER54698 DE-SC0016553)
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