Impact of divertor geometry on H-mode confinement in the JET metallic wall

E. Joffrin; P. Tamain; E. Belonohy; H. Bufferand; P. Buratti; C. D. Challis; E. Delabie; P. Drewelow; D. Dodt; L. Frassinetti; J. Garcia; C. Giroud; M. Groth; J. Hobirk; A. E. Jarvinen; H. T. Kim; F. Koechl; U. Kruezi; B. Lipschutz; P. J. Lomas; E. De La Luna; T. Loarer; P. Maget; C. Maggi; G. Matthews; F. Maviglia; A. Meigs; I. Nunes; G. Pucella; F. Rimini; S. Saarelma; E. Solano; A. C.C. Sips; M. Tsalas; I. Voitsekhovitch; H. Weisen

doi:10.1088/1741-4326/aa6e1c

Impact of divertor geometry on H-mode confinement in the JET metallic wall

E. Joffrin, P. Tamain, E. Belonohy, H. Bufferand, P. Buratti, C. D. Challis, E. Delabie, P. Drewelow, D. Dodt, L. Frassinetti, J. Garcia, C. Giroud, M. Groth, J. Hobirk, A. E. Jarvinen, H. T. Kim, F. Koechl, U. Kruezi, B. Lipschutz, P. J. LomasE. De La Luna, T. Loarer, P. Maget, C. Maggi, G. Matthews, F. Maviglia, A. Meigs, I. Nunes, G. Pucella, F. Rimini, S. Saarelma, E. Solano, A. C.C. Sips, M. Tsalas, I. Voitsekhovitch, H. Weisen

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Recent experiments with the ITER-like wall have demonstrated that changes in divertor strike point position are correlated with strong modification of the global energy confinement. The impact on energy confinement is observable both on the pedestal confinement and core normalised gradients. The corner configuration shows an increased core density gradient length and ion pressure indicating a better ion confinement. The study of neutral re-circulation indicates the neutral pressure in the main chamber varies inversely with the energy confinement and a correlation between the pedestal total pressure and the neutral pressure in the main chamber can be established. It does not appear that charge exchange losses nor momentum losses could explain this effect, but it may be that changes in edge electric potential are playing a role at the plasma edge. This study emphasizes the importance of the scrape-off layer (SOL) conditions on the pedestal and core confinement.

Original language	English
Article number	086025
Journal	Nuclear Fusion
Volume	57
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa6e1c
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2017
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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confinement
divertor
neutrals

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Joffrin, E., Tamain, P., Belonohy, E., Bufferand, H., Buratti, P., Challis, C. D., Delabie, E., Drewelow, P., Dodt, D., Frassinetti, L., Garcia, J., Giroud, C., Groth, M., Hobirk, J., Jarvinen, A. E., Kim, H. T., Koechl, F., Kruezi, U., Lipschutz, B., ... Weisen, H. (2017). Impact of divertor geometry on H-mode confinement in the JET metallic wall. Nuclear Fusion, 57(8), [086025]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/aa6e1c

Joffrin, E. ; Tamain, P. ; Belonohy, E. ; Bufferand, H. ; Buratti, P. ; Challis, C. D. ; Delabie, E. ; Drewelow, P. ; Dodt, D. ; Frassinetti, L. ; Garcia, J. ; Giroud, C. ; Groth, M. ; Hobirk, J. ; Jarvinen, A. E. ; Kim, H. T. ; Koechl, F. ; Kruezi, U. ; Lipschutz, B. ; Lomas, P. J. ; De La Luna, E. ; Loarer, T. ; Maget, P. ; Maggi, C. ; Matthews, G. ; Maviglia, F. ; Meigs, A. ; Nunes, I. ; Pucella, G. ; Rimini, F. ; Saarelma, S. ; Solano, E. ; Sips, A. C.C. ; Tsalas, M. ; Voitsekhovitch, I. ; Weisen, H. / Impact of divertor geometry on H-mode confinement in the JET metallic wall. In: Nuclear Fusion. 2017 ; Vol. 57, No. 8.

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In: Nuclear Fusion, Vol. 57, No. 8, 086025, 30.06.2017.

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