Disruption avoidance by means of EC waves (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Disruption avoidance by means of EC waves (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2011-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1088/0741-3335/53/12/124035 (literal)
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  • Esposito, B [ 1 ] ; Granucci, G [ 2 ] ; Maraschek, M [ 3 ] ; Nowak, S [ 2 ] ; Lazzaro, E [ 2 ] ; Giannone, L [ 3 ] ; Gude, A [ 3 ] ; Igochine, V [ 3 ] ; McDermott, R [ 3 ] ; Poli, E [ 3 ] ; Reich, M [ 3 ] ; Sommer, F [ 3 ] ; Stober, J [ 3 ] ; Suttrop, W [ 3 ] ; Treutterer, W [ 3 ] ; Zohm, H [ 3 ]; the ASDEX Upgrade; and FTU Team (2011)
    Disruption avoidance by means of EC waves
    in Plasma physics and controlled fusion (Print); IOP Publishing Ltd., Bristol BS1 6BE (Regno Unito)
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  • Esposito, B [ 1 ] ; Granucci, G [ 2 ] ; Maraschek, M [ 3 ] ; Nowak, S [ 2 ] ; Lazzaro, E [ 2 ] ; Giannone, L [ 3 ] ; Gude, A [ 3 ] ; Igochine, V [ 3 ] ; McDermott, R [ 3 ] ; Poli, E [ 3 ] ; Reich, M [ 3 ] ; Sommer, F [ 3 ] ; Stober, J [ 3 ] ; Suttrop, W [ 3 ] ; Treutterer, W [ 3 ] ; Zohm, H [ 3 ]; the ASDEX Upgrade; and FTU Team (literal)
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  • 124035 (literal)
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  • http://iopscience.iop.org/0741-3335/53/12/124035/ (literal)
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  • 53 (literal)
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  • [ 1 ] CR Frascati, Assoc EURATOM ENEA Fus, I-00044 Rome, Italy [ 2 ] IFP CNR, Assoc EURATOM ENEA Fus, I-20125 Milan, Italy [ 3 ] EURATOM, Max Planck Inst Plasmaphys, D-85748 Garching, Germany (literal)
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  • Disruption avoidance by means of EC waves (literal)
Abstract
  • Disruptions are very challenging to ITER operation as they may cause damage to plasma facing components due to direct plasma heating, forces on structural components due to halo and eddy currents and the production of runaway electrons. Electron cyclotron (EC) waves have been demonstrated as a tool for disruption avoidance by a large set of recent experiments performed in ASDEX Upgrade and FTU using various disruption types, plasma operating scenarios and power deposition locations. The technique is based on the stabilization of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) modes (mainly m/n = 2/1) through the localized injection of EC power on the resonant surface. This paper presents new results obtained in ASDEX Upgrade regarding stable operation above the Greenwald density achieved after avoidance of density limit disruptions by means of ECRH and suitable density feedback control (L-mode ohmic plasmas, I(p) = 0.6 MA, B(t) = 2.5 T) and NTM-driven disruptions at high-beta limit delayed/avoided by means of both co-current drive (co-ECCD) and pure heating (ECRH) with power <= 1.7 MW(H-mode NBI-heated plasmas, P(NBI) similar to 7.5MW, I(p) = 1 MA, B(t) = 2.1T, q(95) similar to 3.6). The localized perpendicular injection of ECRH/ECCD onto a resonant surface leads to the delay and/or complete avoidance of disruptions. The experiments indicate the existence of a power threshold for mode stabilization to occur. An analysis of the MHD mode evolution using the generalized Rutherford equation coupled to the frequency and phase evolution equations shows that control of the modes is due to EC heating close to the resonant surface. The ECRH contribution (Delta '(H) term) is larger than the co-ECCD one in the initial and more important phase when the discharge is 'saved'. Future research and developments of the disruption avoidance technique are also discussed. (literal)
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