H. Weisen C.F. Maggi M. Oberparleiter F.J. Casson S. Menmuir L Horvath F. Auriemma T.W. Bache N. Bonanomi Y. Camenen A. Chankin E. Delabie L. Frassinetti J. Garcia C. Giroud D. King R Lorenzini M. Marin P.A. Schneider P. Siren J. Varje E. Viezzer JET contributors
The isotope dependence of plasma transport has a significant impact on the performance of future D-T experiments in JET and ITER and eventually on the fusion gain and economics of future reactors. In preparation for future D-T operation on JET, dedicated experiments and comprehensive transport analysis were performed in H, D and H-D mixed plasma…
PreprintF. Schoofs A. Cackett J. Lim S. M. King A. Schiavi T. R. Barrett C. Hardie
The divertor component is subject to some of the most extreme loading conditions in a fusion environment and the safety design window is relatively narrow. Variation in mechanical properties of the same material throughout a component is common place in practice and can be caused by both local effects of processing and joining, and local variations…
Preprint PublishedK. K. Kirov E. Belonohy C. D. Challis J. Eriksson D. Frigione L. Garzotti L. Giacomelli J. Hobirk A. Kappatou D. Keeling D. King E. Lerche P. J. Lomas M. Nocente C. Reux F. G. Rimini A. C. C. Sips D. Van Eester JET Contributors
Achieving high neutron yields in today’s fusion research relies on high power auxiliary heating in order to attain required core temperatures. This is usually achieved by means of high Neutral Beam (NB) and Radio Frequency (RF) power. Application of NB power is accompanied by production of fast beam ions and associated Beam-Target (BT) reactio…
Preprint PublishedD. B. King E. Viezzer I. Balboa M. Baruzzo E. Belonohy J. Buchanan I.S. Carvalho K. Cave-Ayland I. Coffey C.D. Challis E.G. Delabie L. Garzotti S. Hall J.Hillesheim L. Horvath E. Joffrin D. Keeling K. Kirov C.F. Maggi M. Maslov S. Saarelma S. Silburn E.R. Solano M. Stamp D. Valcarcel H.Weisen
A study of mixed hydrogen-deuterium H-mode plasmas has been carried out in JET-ILW to strengthen the physics basis for extrapolations to JET D-T operation and to support the development of strategies for isotope ratio control in future experiments. Variations of input power, gas fuelling and isotopic mixture were performed in H-mode plasmas of the…
Preprint PublishedCF Maggi H Weisen FJ Casson F Auriemma R Lorenzini H Nordman E Delabie F Eriksson J Flanagan D Keeling D King L Horvath S Menmuir A Salmi G Sips T Tala I Voitsekhovich JET Contributors
NBI-heated L-mode plasmas have been obtained in JET with the Be/W ITER-like wall (JET-ILW) in H and D, with matched profiles of the dimensionless plasma parameters in the plasma core confinement region and same Ti/Te and Zeff. The achieved isotope identity indicates that the confinement scale invariance principle is satisfied in the core confine…
Preprint PublishedCF Maggi H Weisen L Horvath F Auriemma R Lorenzini E. Delabie D King D Keeling S Menmuir JET Contributors
Dimensionless identity experiments test the invariance of plasma physics to changes in the dimensional plasma parameters, e.g. ne and Te, when the dimensionless parameters are conserved [1] [2]. However, conditions at the plasma boundary, such as influx of neutral particles, may introduce additional physics. An isotope identit…
Preprint PublishedC.D. Challis S. Brezinsek I. Coffey M. Fontana N. Hawkes D. Keeling D. King G. Pucella E. Viezzer JET Contributors
The initial current ramp phase of JET hybrid plasmas is used to optimise the target q-profile for main heating to allow access to high beta and avoid MHD instabilities. Mixed protium-deuterium experiments, carried out at JET since the installation of the beryllium-tungsten wall, have shown that the q-profile evolution during this Ohmic phase varies…
Preprint PublishedM. Maslov J. Citrin P. Jacquet Y. Kazakov D. L. Keeling D. B. King E. Lerche M. Marin J. Ongena D. Van Eester
As part of the preparation for the second JET DT campaign (DTE2), a series of isotope control experiments in H/D mixtures [1] have shown that NBI fuelling species has only a weak effect on the core isotope composition, which remains determined by the edge H/D ratio and therefore by the injected gas.
Preprint PublishedC.D. Challis S. Brezinsek I. Coffey N. Hawkes D. Keeling D. King G. Pucella E. Viezzer JET Contributors
The initial Ohmic current ramp phase of JET hybrid plasmas, including a current ‘overshoot’ before the main heating, is used to optimise the q-profile shape to allow access to high β and avoid MHD instabilities [1]. Such hybrid plasmas have never been operated using tritium (T) or mixed deuterium-tritium (D-T) fuel. However, experiments with i…
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