Comparison of ion cyclotron wall conditioning discharges in hydrogen and helium in JET

Y. Kovtun; T. Wauters; D. Matveev; R. Bisson; I. Jepu; S. Brezinsek; I. Coffey; E. Delabie; A. Boboc; T. Dittmar; Antti Hakola; P. Jacquet; K. Kirov; E. Lerche; Jari Likonen; E. Litherland-Smith; T. Loarer; P. Lomas; C. Lowry; E. Pawelec; C. Perez von Thun; A. Meigs; M. Maslov; I. Monakhov; C. Noble; S. Silburn; H. Sun; D. Taylor; E. Tsitrone; A. Widdowson; H. Sheikh; D. Douai; JET Contributors

doi:10.1016/j.nme.2023.101521

Comparison of ion cyclotron wall conditioning discharges in hydrogen and helium in JET

Y. Kovtun^*
, T. Wauters
, D. Matveev
, R. Bisson
, I. Jepu
, S. Brezinsek
, I. Coffey
, E. Delabie
, A. Boboc
, T. Dittmar
, Antti Hakola
, P. Jacquet
, K. Kirov
, E. Lerche
, Jari Likonen
, E. Litherland-Smith
, T. Loarer
, P. Lomas
, C. Lowry
, E. Pawelec

C. Perez von Thun, A. Meigs, M. Maslov, I. Monakhov, C. Noble, S. Silburn, H. Sun, D. Taylor, E. Tsitrone, A. Widdowson, H. Sheikh, D. Douai, JET Contributors

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper explores the plasma parameters of helium and hydrogen Ion Cyclotron Wall Conditioning (ICWC) discharges performed in JET as part of a He/H fuelling changeover experiment. The conducted study shows that plasma with a higher density is formed in helium than in hydrogen. A distinct glow in the ion cyclotron resonance zone is observed throughout the discharge in He. In H-ICWC discharges, a lower radio-frequency coupling efficiency and coupled power was observed than in He-ICWC discharges. While the helium concentration decreased with the number of H-ICWC pulses and the same for hydrogen in He-ICWC, which is the intended result of the plasma wall interaction in the ICWC changeover procedure, the main features of hydrogen as well as the helium IC discharge do not change dramatically.

Original language	English
Article number	101521
Journal	Nuclear Materials and Energy
Volume	37
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2023.101521
Publication status	Published - Dec 2023
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This work has been carried out within the framework of the EUROfusion Consortium, funded by the European Union via the Euratom Research and Training Programme (Grant Agreement No 101052200 — EUROfusion). This scientific paper has been published as part of the international project co-financed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education within the programme called 'PMW' for 2022-2023.

Keywords

Ion cyclotron
Plasma production
Radio-frequency discharge
Tokamak
Wall conditioning

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Kovtun, Y., Wauters, T., Matveev, D., Bisson, R., Jepu, I., Brezinsek, S., Coffey, I., Delabie, E., Boboc, A., Dittmar, T., Hakola, A., Jacquet, P., Kirov, K., Lerche, E., Likonen, J., Litherland-Smith, E., Loarer, T., Lomas, P., Lowry, C., ... JET Contributors (2023). Comparison of ion cyclotron wall conditioning discharges in hydrogen and helium in JET. Nuclear Materials and Energy, 37, Article 101521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nme.2023.101521

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