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Title: Quiescent H-mode operation using torque from non-axisymmetric, non-resonant magnetic fields.
Authors: Burrell, K. H.1 burrell@fusion.gat.com, Garofalo, A. M.1, Solomon, W. M.2, Fenstermacher, M. E.3, Orlov, D. M.4, Osborne, T. H.1, Park, J.-K.2, Snyder, P. B.1
Source: Nuclear Fusion. 2013, Vol. 53 Issue 7, p1-10. 10p.
Subjects: Quiescent plasmas, Symmetry (Physics), Magnetic fields, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Project), Magnetic torque, Plasma beam injection heating
Abstract: Quiescent H-mode (QH-mode) sustained by magnetic torque from non-axisymmetric magnetic fields is a promising operating mode for future burning plasmas including ITER. Using magnetic torque from n = 3 fields to replace counter-Ip torque from neutral beam injection, we have achieved long duration, counter-rotating QH-mode operation with neutral beam injection (NBI) torque ranging continuously from counter-Ip up to co-Ip values of about 1 Nm. This co-Ip torque is about 3 times the scaled torque that ITER will have. This range also includes operation at zero net NBI torque, applicable to rf wave heated plasmas. These n = 3 fields have been created using coils either inside or, most recently, outside the toroidal coils. Experiments utilized an ITER-relevant lower single-null plasma shape and were done with ITER-relevant values vped* ~ 0.08,βTped;~ 1%and βN = 2. Discharges have confinement quality H98y2 = 1.3, exceeding the value required for ITER. Initial work with low q95 = 3.4 QH-mode plasmas transiently reached fusion gain values of G = H89/q95² = 0.4, which is the desired value for ITER; the limits on G have not yet been established. This paper also includes the most recent results on QH-mode plasmas run without n = 3 fields and with co-Ip NBI; these shots exhibit co-Ip plasma rotation and require NBI torque ≥2 N m. The QH-mode work to date has made significant contact with theory. The importance of edge rotational shear is consistent with peeling-ballooning mode theory. We have seen qualitative and quantitative agreement with the predicted torque from neoclassical toroidal viscosity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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