Hubbard, A. E., Osborne, T., Ryter, F. et al. (29 more authors) (2016) Multi-device studies of pedestal physics and confinement in the I-mode regime. Nuclear Fusion. 086003. ISSN 1741-4326
Abstract
This paper describes joint ITPA studies of the I-mode regime, which features an edge thermal barrier together with L-mode-like particle and impurity transport and no edge localized modes (ELMs). The regime has been demonstrated on the Alcator C-Mod, ASDEX Upgrade and DIII-D tokamaks, over a wide range of device parameters and pedestal conditions. Dimensionless parameters at the pedestal show overlap across devices and extend to low collisionality. When they are matched, pedestal temperature profiles are also similar. Pedestals are stable to peeling-ballooning modes, consistent with lack of ELMs. Access to I-mode is independent of heating method (neutral beam injection, ion cyclotron and/or electron cyclotron resonance heating). Normalized energy confinement H 98,y2 1 has been achieved for a range of 3 q 95 4.9 and scales favourably with power. Changes in turbulence in the pedestal region accompany the transition from L-mode to I-mode. The L-I threshold increases with plasma density and current, and with device size, but has a weak dependence on toroidal magnetic field B T. The upper limit of power for I-modes, which is set by I-H transitions, increases with B T and the power range is largest on Alcator C-Mod at B > 5 T. Issues for extrapolation to ITER and other future fusion devices are discussed.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 EURATOM. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2018 23:28 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jan 2025 00:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/0029-5515/56/8/086003 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1088/0029-5515/56/8/086003 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133757 |
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