Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: This paper investigates the compatibility of pronounced detachment with improved confinement based on the NBI-heated HL-2A L-mode plasma with low-density. Through impurity seeding, radiation becomes higher at plasma edge and causes edge cooling after pronounced detachment. Turbulent transport is examined in detail by experiments and global integrated simulations. Ion dominant turbulent transport decreases at normalized minor radius ρ ∈ [ 0.1 , 0.4 ] , and ion temperature increases at ρ ∈ [ 0 , 0.8 ] . Edge turbulence and turbulent transport through ion channels decrease significantly, which could result from reduced free energy source due to edge cooling. The reduced edge turbulent transport benefits to decrease the power entering the SOL/divertor. The decreased edge outward transport and increased core electron density and ion temperature make major contributions to the improved plasma confinement after pronounced detachment.
Source: Nuclear Fusion
Authors: Ting Wu, Min Xu, Zhuo Wang, Lin Nie, Zhanhui Wang, Jinming Gao, Yihang Chen, Yiren Zhu, Yi Zhang, Liang Liu, Dong Li, Kai Zhang, Rui Ke, Xiaoxue He, Zengceng Yang, Xin Yu, Na Wu, Zhihui Huang, Kaiyang Yi, Weice Wang, Longwen Yan, Yonggao Li, Ting Long, Renxu Wang, Wenjing Tian, Zhe Wang, Laizhong Cai, Yi Yu
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,470
OpenAlex ID: W4405311715