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@INPROCEEDINGS{Boeyaert:891500,
author = {Boeyaert, D. and Wiesen, S. and Wischmeier, M. and
Dekeyser, W. and Carli, S. and Wang, L. and Ding, F. and Li,
K. and Liang, Y. and Baelmans, M.},
title = {{A}ssessment of plasma edge transport in {N}eon seeded
plasmas in disconnected double null configuration in {EAST}
with {SOLPS}-{ITER}},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-01566},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Assessment of plasma edge transport in Neon seeded plasmas
in disconnected double null configuration in EAST with
SOLPS-ITERD. Boeyaert1,3, S. Wiesen1, M. Wischmeier2, W.
Dekeyser3, S. Carli3, L. Wang4, F. Ding4, K. Li4, Y.
Liang1,4, M. Baelmans3, and the EAST-teama1Forschungszentrum
Jülich GmbH, Institut für Energie- und Klimaforschung –
Plasmaphysik, D-52425 Jülich, Germany2Max-Planck-Institut
für Plasmaphysik, Boltzmannstraße 2, 85748 Garching,
Germany3KU Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Celestijnenlaan 300, 3001 Leuven, Belgium4Institute of
Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031,
People’s Republic of China aSee appendix of Wan B.N. et al
2019 Nucl. Fusion 59 112003 d.boeyaert@fz-juelich.dePower
and particle exhaust is essential for future nuclear fusion
reactors [1]. This exhaust is determined by the
perpendicular/radial transport inside the Scrape-Off Layer
(SOL) which include drifts and currents, neutral kinetics,
radiation and (radial) anomalous transport. Under high power
conditions in future all-metal fusion devices like ITER or
DEMO, extrinsic impurity seeding is required to induce
divertor detachment through impurity radiation. Due to the
lack of surface chemistry, noble gases like neon (Ne) are
key candidates as main radiator. Besides JET [2], EAST is
the only tokamak that currently handles stable H-modes with
Neseeding in a metallic environment as the main (upper)
divertor is made out of tungsten. This device has the
flexibility to do both upper single null (USN) and double
null (DN) configurations with the latter showing good
prospects to handle exhaust with good core confinement [3].
USN discharges in EAST are setup as disconnected DN (DDN)
with a large separation between separatrices upstream
(drsep) of about ~ 2cm. This causes a remaining influx of
eroded C impurities from the lower (non-active) divertor.
This contribution analyzes Ne seeded and unseeded DDN
deuterium discharges at EAST with decreasing drsep, both
with experimental data from EAST and SOLPS-ITER simulations
[4] . Ne seeded discharges in H-mode from the 2019 EAST
campaign are studied (heating power Pheat = 2.5 MW, plasma
current Ip = 0.4 MA and toroidal field Bt = 2.4 T). For the
first time, a DDN configuration with divertor Te-feedback
for the Ne puff strength was attempted to achieve steady
divertor conditions. A radiative fraction Prad/Pheat of up
to $30\%$ was achieved with Ne seeding while $10\%$ is
achieved without. Ne in all cases was injected from the
upper (active) outer target and a significant target
temperature drop was identified from the Langmuir probes.
The effect of a DDN configuration however is limited as the
upstream power scrape-off width (~0.5cm [5]) is
significantly smaller compared to the achieved separation
between the separatrices (drsep ~ 1.5 cm). SOLPS-ITER
simulations are being carried out to interpret the
experimental results to understand the influence of the
different transport types in the SOL for a dissipative DDN
divertor geometry with and without Ne seeding and C erosion.
The model includes for the first time for EAST fluid drifts
and edge currents in the SOL. SOLPS-ITER will be used to
predict the performance of a Ne seeded EAST DN divertor
(with drsep = 0) being closest to one of theconsidered DEMO
divertor geometries. [1] M. Wischmeier, et al., J. Nucl.
Mater. 22-29 (2015) 463; [2] S. Glöggler, et al., Nucl.
Fusion. 126031 (2019) 59 ; [3] H. Meyer, et al., Nucl.
Fusion. 64-72 (2006) 46; [4] S. Wiesen et al., J. Nucl. Mat.
480-484 (2015) 463 ; [5] T. Eich, et al., Nucl. Fusion
093031 (2013) 53},
month = {Jan},
date = {2021-01-25},
organization = {24th International Conference on
Plasma Surface Interactions in
Controlled Fusion Devices (PSI 2020),
virtuell (virtuell), 25 Jan 2021 - 29
Jan 2021},
cin = {IEK-4 / ICG-4},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-4-20101013 / I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793},
pnm = {134 - Plasma-Wand-Wechselwirkung (POF4-134)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-134},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/891500},
}