Contribution of Tore Supra in preparation of ITER

Saoutic, B., Abiteboul, J., Allegretti, L., Allfrey, S., Ané, J.M., Aniel, T., Argouarch, A., Artaud, J.F., Aumenier, M.H., Balme, S., Basiuk, V., Baulaigue, O., Bayetti, P., Bécoulet, A., Bécoulet, M., Benkadda, M.S., Benoit, F., Berger-by, G., Bernard, J.M., Bertrand, B., Beyer, P., Bigand, A., Blum, J., Boilson, D., Bonhomme, G., Bottollier-Curtet, H., Bouchand, C., Bouquey, F., Bourdelle, C., Bourmaud, S., Brault, C., Brémond, S., Brosset, C., Bucalossi, J., Buravand, Y., Cara, P., Catherine-Dumont, V., Casati, A., Chantant, M., Chatelier, M., Chevet, G., Ciazynski, D., Ciraolo, G., Clairet, F., Coatanea-Gouachet, M., Colas, L., Commin, L., Corbel, E., Corre, Y., Courtois, X., Dachicourt, R., Dapena Febrer, M., Davi Joanny, M., Daviot, R., De Esch, H., Decker, J., Decool, P., Delaporte, P., Delchambre, E., Delmas, E., Delpech, L., Desgranges, C., Devynck, P., Dittmar, T., Doceul, L., Douai, D., Dougnac, H., Duchateau, J.L., Dugué, B., Dumas, N., Dumont, R., Durocher, A., Duthoit, F.X., Ekedahl, A., Elbeze, D., El Khaldi, M., Escourbiac, F., Faisse, F., Falchetto, G., Farge, M., Farjon, J.L., Faury, M., Fedorczak, N., Fenzi-Bonizec, C., Firdaouss, M., Frauel, Y., Garbet, X., Garcia, J., Gardarein, J.L., Gargiulo, L., Garibaldi, P., Gauthier, E., Gaye, O., Géraud, A., Geynet, M., Ghendrih, P., Giacalone, I., Gibert, S., Gil, C., Giruzzi, G., Goniche, M., Grandgirard, V., Grisolia, C., Gros, G., Grosman, A., Guigon, R., Guilhem, D., Guillerminet, B., Guirlet, R., Gunn, J., Gurcan, O., Hacquin, S., Hatchressian, J.C., Hennequin, P., Hernandez, C., Hertout, P., Heuraux, S., Hillairet, J., Hoang, G.T., Honore, C., Houry, M., Hutter, T., Huynh, P., Huysmans, G., Imbeaux, F., Joffrin, E., Johner, J., Jourd'Heuil, L., Katharria, Y.S., Keller, D., Kim, S.H., Kocan, M., Kubic, M., Lacroix, B., Lamaison, V., Latu, G., Lausenaz, Y., Laviron, C., Leroux, F., Letellier, L., Lipa, M., Litaudon, X., Loarer, T., Lotte, P., Madeleine, S., Magaud, P., Maget, P., Magne, R., Manenc, L., Marandet, Y., Marbach, G., Maréchal, J.L., Marfisi, L., Martin, C., Martin, G., Martin, V., Martinez, A., Martins, J.P., Masset, R., Mazon, D., Mellet, N., Mercadier, L., Merle, A., Meshcheriakov, D., Meyer, O., Million, L., Missirlian, M., Mollard, P., Moncada, V., Monier-Garbet, P., Moreau, D., Moreau, P., Morini, Lorenzo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7155-5036, Nannini, M., Naiim Habib, M., Nardon, E., Nehme, H., Nguyen, C., Nicollet, S., Nouilletas, R., Ohsako, T., Ottaviani, M., Pamela, S., Parrat, H., Pastor, P., Pecquet, A.L., Pégourié, B., Peysson, Y., Porchy, I., Portafaix, C., Preynas, M., Prou, M., Raharijaona, J.M., Ravenel, N., Reux, C., Reynaud, P., Richou, M., Roche, H., Roubin, P., Sabot, R., Saint-Laurent, F., Salasca, S., Samaille, F., Santagiustina, A., Sarazin, Y., Semerok, A., Schlosser, J., Schneider, M., Schubert, M., Schwander, F., Ségui, J.L., Selig, G., Sharma, P., Signoret, J., Simonin, A., Song, S., Sonnendruker, E., Sourbier, F., Spuig, P., Tamain, P., Tena, M., Theis, J.M., Thouvenin, D., Torre, A., Travère, J.M., Tsitrone, E., Vallet, J.C., Van Der Plas, E., Vatry, A., Verger, J.M., Vermare, L., Villecroze, F., Villegas, D., Volpe, R., Vulliez, K., Wagrez, J., Wauters, T., Zani, L., Zarzoso, D. and Zou, X.L. 2011. Contribution of Tore Supra in preparation of ITER. Nuclear Fusion 51 (9) , 094014. 10.1088/0029-5515/51/9/094014

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Abstract

Tore Supra routinely addresses the physics and technology of very long-duration plasma discharges, thus bringing precious information on critical issues of long pulse operation of ITER. A new ITER relevant lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) launcher has allowed coupling to the plasma a power level of 2.7MW for 78 s, corresponding to a power density close to the design value foreseen for an ITER LHCD system. In accordance with the expectations, long distance (10 cm) power coupling has been obtained. Successive stationary states of the plasma current profile have been controlled in real-time featuring (i) control of sawteeth with varying plasma parameters, (ii) obtaining and sustaining a ‘hot core’ plasma regime, (iii) recovery from a voluntarily triggered deleterious magnetohydrodynamic regime. The scrape-off layer (SOL) parameters and power deposition have been documented during L-mode rampup phase, a crucial point for ITER before the X-point formation. Disruption mitigation studies have been conducted with massive gas injection, evidencing the difference between He and Ar and the possible role of the q = 2 surface in limiting the gas penetration. ICRF assisted wall conditioning in the presence of magnetic field has been investigated, culminating in the demonstration that this conditioning scheme allows one to recover normal operation after disruptions. The effect of the magnetic field ripple on the intrinsic plasma rotation has been studied, showing the competition between turbulent transport processes and ripple toroidal friction. During dedicated dimensionless experiments, the effect of varying the collisionality on turbulence wavenumber spectra has been documented, giving new insight into the turbulence mechanism. Turbulence measurements have also allowed quantitatively comparing experimental results with predictions by 5D gyrokinetic codes: numerical results simultaneously match the magnitude of effective heat diffusivity, rms values of density fluctuations and wavenumber spectra. A clear correlation between electron temperature gradient and impurity transport in the very core of the plasma has been observed, strongly suggesting the existence of a threshold above which transport is dominated by turbulent electron modes. Dynamics of edge turbulent fluctuations has been studied by correlating data from fast imaging cameras and Langmuir probes, yielding a coherent picture of transport processes involved in the SOL.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics
Publisher:	IOP Science
ISSN:	0029-5515
Date of Acceptance:	10 February 2011
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 06:54
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/98722

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