Physics research on the TCV tokamak facility: From conventional to alternative scenarios and beyond
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2019

The research program of the TCV tokamak ranges from conventional to advanced-tokamak scenarios and alternative divertor configurations, to exploratory plasmas driven by theoretical insight, exploiting the device's unique shaping capabilities. Disruption avoidance by real-time locked mode prevention or unlocking with electron-cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) was thoroughly documented, using magnetic and radiation triggers. Runaway generation with high-Z noble-gas injection and runaway dissipation by subsequent Ne or Ar injection were studied for model validation. The new 1 MW neutral beam injector has expanded the parameter range, now encompassing ELMy H-modes in an ITER-like shape and nearly non-inductive H-mode discharges sustained by electron cyclotron and neutral beam current drive. In the H-mode, the pedestal pressure increases modestly with nitrogen seeding while fueling moves the density pedestal outwards, but the plasma stored energy is largely uncorrelated to either seeding or fueling. High fueling at high triangularity is key to accessing the attractive small edge-localized mode (type-II) regime. Turbulence is reduced in the core at negative triangularity, consistent with increased confinement and in accord with global gyrokinetic simulations. The geodesic acoustic mode, possibly coupled with avalanche events, has been linked with particle flow to the wall in diverted plasmas. Detachment, scrape-off layer transport, and turbulence were studied in L- and H-modes in both standard and alternative configurations (snowflake, super-X, and beyond). The detachment process is caused by power 'starvation' reducing the ionization source, with volume recombination playing only a minor role. Partial detachment in the H-mode is obtained with impurity seeding and has shown little dependence on flux expansion in standard single-null geometry. In the attached L-mode phase, increasing the outer connection length reduces the in-out heat-flow asymmetry. A doublet plasma, featuring an internal X-point, was achieved successfully, and a transport barrier was observed in the mantle just outside the internal separatrix. In the near future variable-configuration baffles and possibly divertor pumping will be introduced to investigate the effect of divertor closure on exhaust and performance, and 3.5 MW ECRH and 1 MW neutral beam injection heating will be added.

TCV, MST1

tokamak

nuclear fusion

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Författare

S. Coda

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

M. Agostini

Consorzio Rfx

R. Albanese

Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

S. Alberti

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

E. Alessi

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

S.Y. Allan

Durham University

J.S. Allcock

Durham University

R. Ambrosino

Universita degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope

H. Anand

ITER Organization

Y. Andrebe

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

H. Arnichand

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

F. Auriemma

Consorzio Rfx

J.M. Ayllon-Guerola

Universidad de Sevilla

F. Bagnato

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

J. Ball

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

M. Baquero-Ruiz

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

A.A. Beletskii

National Science Center

M. Bernert

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

W. Bin

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

P. Blanchard

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

T.C. Blanken

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

J.A. Boedo

University of California

O. Bogar

Czech Academy of Sciences

T. Bolzonella

Consorzio Rfx

F. Bombarda

ENEA

N. Bonanomi

Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

F. Bouquey

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

C. Bowman

University of York

D. Brida

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

J. Bucalossi

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

J. Buermans

Koninklijke Militaire School

H. Bufferand

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

P. Buratti

ENEA

G. Calabro

Universita degli Studi della Tuscia

L. Calacci

Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

Y. Camenen

Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moleculaires

D. Carnevale

Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

F. Carpanese

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

M. Carr

Culham Science Centre

L. Carraro

Consorzio Rfx

A. Casolari

Czech Academy of Sciences

F. Causa

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

J. Čeřovský

Czech Academy of Sciences

O. Chellaï

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

P. Chmielewski

Instytut Problemow Jadrowyc

D. Choi

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

N. Christen

University of Oxford

G. Ciraolo

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

L. Cordaro

Consorzio Rfx

S. Costea

University of Innsbruck

N. Cruz

Instituto Superior Tecnico

A. Czarnecka

Instytut Problemow Jadrowyc

A. Dal Molin

Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

P. David

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

J. Decker

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

H. De Oliveira

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

D. Douai

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

M. Dreval

National Science Center

Benjamin Dudson

University of York

M. Dunne

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

B. Duval

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

T. Eich

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

S.D. Elmore

Culham Science Centre

Ola Embréus

Chalmers, Fysik, Subatomär fysik och plasmafysik

B. Esposito

ENEA

M. Faitsch

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

M. Farnik

Czech Academy of Sciences

A. Fasoli

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

N. Fedorczak

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

F Felici

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

S. Feng

Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

X. Feng

Durham University

G. Ferrò

Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

O. Février

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

O. Ficker

Czech Academy of Sciences

A. Fil

University of York

M. Fontana

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

L. Frassinetti

Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH)

Ivo Furno

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

D. Gahle

University of Strathclyde

D. Galassi

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

K. Galazka

Instytut Problemow Jadrowyc

A. Gallo

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

C. Galperti

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

S. Garavaglia

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

J. Garcia

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

M. Garcia-Munoz

Universidad de Sevilla

A.J. Garrido

Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

I. Garrido

Universidad del Pais Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

J. Gath

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

B. Geiger

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

G. Giruzzi

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

M. Gobbin

Consorzio Rfx

T. Goodman

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

G. Gorini

Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

M. Gospodarczyk

Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata

G. Granucci

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

J.P. Graves

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

M. Gruca

Instytut Problemow Jadrowyc

T. Gyergyek

Institut Jožef Stefan

A.H. Hakola

Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus (VTT)

T. Happel

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

G.F. Harrer

Universität Wien

J.R. Harrison

Culham Science Centre

E. Havličková

Culham Science Centre

J. Hawke

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

S.S. Henderson

Culham Science Centre

P. Hennequin

École polytechnique

L. Hesslow

Chalmers, Fysik, Subatomär fysik och plasmafysik

D. Hogeweij

Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)

J.-Ph. Hogge

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

C. Hopf

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

M. Hoppe

Chalmers, Fysik, Subatomär fysik och plasmafysik

J. Horáček

Czech Academy of Sciences

Z. Huang

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

A. Hubbard

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

A. Iantchenko

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

V. Igochine

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

P. Innocente

Consorzio Rfx

C. Ionita Schrittwieser

University of Innsbruck

H. Isliker

Aristotelio Panepistimio Thessalonikis

R. Jacquier

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

A. Jardin

Polish Academy of Sciences

A. Kappatou

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

A. Karpushov

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

P.-V. Kazantzidis

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

D. Keeling

Culham Science Centre

N. Kirneva

National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"

M. Komm

Czech Academy of Sciences

M. Kong

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

J. Kovacic

Institut Jožef Stefan

N. Krawczyk

Instytut Problemow Jadrowyc

O. Kudlacek

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Taina Kurki-Suonio

Aalto-Yliopisto

R. Kwiatkowski

Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych

B. Labit

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

E. Lazzaro

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

B. Linehan

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

B. Lipschultz

University of York

X. Llobet

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

R. Lombroni

Universita degli Studi della Tuscia

V.P. Loschiavo

Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

T. Lunt

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

E. Macusova

Czech Academy of Sciences

J. Madsen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

E. Maljaars

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

P. Mantica

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

Mark Maraschek

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

C. Marchetto

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

A. Marco

IDOM

A. Mariani

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

C. Marini

General Atomics

Y. Martin

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

F. Matos

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

R. Maurizio

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

B. Mavkov

University of Melbourne

D. Mazon

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

P. McCarthy

University College Cork

R. McDermott

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

V. Menkovski

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

A. Merle

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

H.F. Meyer

Culham Science Centre

D. Micheletti

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

F. Militello

Culham Science Centre

K. Mitosinkova

Czech Academy of Sciences

J. Mlynar

Czech Academy of Sciences

V. Moiseenko

National Science Center

P.A. Molina Cabrera

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

J. Morales

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

J.-M. Moret

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

A. Moro

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

R.T. Mumgaard

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

V Naulin

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

R.D. Nem

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

F. Nespoli

Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moleculaires

A.H. Nielsen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

S. K. Nielsen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

M. Nocente

Universita' degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca

S. Nowak

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

N. Offeddu

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

F. Orsitto

Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

R. Paccagnella

Consorzio Rfx

A. Palha

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Gergely Papp

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

A. Pau

Universita degli Studi di Cagliari

R. Pavlichenko

National Science Center

A. Perek

Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)

V. Pericoli Ridolfini

Instytut Problemow Jadrowyc

F. Pesamosca

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

V. Piergotti

ENEA

L. Pigatto

Consorzio Rfx

P. Piovesan

Consorzio Rfx

C. Piron

Consorzio Rfx

V V Plyusnin

Instituto Superior Tecnico

E. Poli

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

L. Porte

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

G. Pucella

ENEA

M.E. Puiatti

Consorzio Rfx

T. Pütterich

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

M. Rabinski

Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych

J. Juul Rasmussen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

T. Ravensbergen

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

M. Reich

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

H. Reimerdes

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

F. Reimold

Forschungszentrum Jülich

C Reux

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

D. Ricci

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

Paolo Ricci

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

N. Rispoli

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

J. Rosato

Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moleculaires

S. Saarelma

Culham Science Centre

M. Salewski

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

A. Salmi

Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus (VTT)

O. Sauter

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

M. Scheffer

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Ch. Schlatter

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

B.S. Schneider

University of Innsbruck

R. Schrittwieser

University of Innsbruck

S. E. Sharapov

Culham Science Centre

R.R. Sheeba

Physique des Interactions Ioniques et Moleculaires

U. Sheikh

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

R. Shousha

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

M. Silva

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

J. Sinha

ITER Organization

C. Sozzi

Istituto Di Fisica Del Plasma Piero Caldirola, Milan

M. Spolaore

Consorzio Rfx

L. Stipani

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Pär Strand

Chalmers, Rymd-, geo- och miljövetenskap, Astronomi och plasmafysik

T. Tala

Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus (VTT)

A.S. Tema Biwole

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

A. Teplukhina

Princeton University

D. Testa

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

C. Theiler

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

A.J. Thornton

Culham Science Centre

G. Tomaž

Institut Jožef Stefan

M. Tomeš

Czech Academy of Sciences

M.Q. Tran

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

C. Tsironis

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

C.K. Tsui

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

J. Urban

Czech Academy of Sciences

M. Valisa

Consorzio Rfx

M. Vallar

Consorzio Rfx

D. Van Vugt

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

S. Vartanian

Le Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA)

O. Vasilovici

University of Innsbruck

K. Verhaegh

University of York

L. Vermare

École polytechnique

N. Vianello

Consorzio Rfx

E. Viezzer

Universidad de Sevilla

W.A.J. Vijvers

Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER)

F. Villone

Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

I. Voitsekhovitch

Culham Science Centre

N.M.T. Vu

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

N. R. Walkden

Culham Science Centre

T Wauters

Koninklijke Militaire School

M. Weiland

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

H. Weisen

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

M. Wensing

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

M. Wiesenberger

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

George Wilkie

Chalmers, Fysik, Subatomär fysik och plasmafysik

M. Wischmeier

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

K. Wu

Universita degli Studi della Tuscia

M. Yoshida

National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology

R. Zagórski

Instytut Problemow Jadrowyc

P. Zanca

Consorzio Rfx

J. Zebrowski

Narodowe Centrum Badań Jądrowych

A. Zisis

University of Athens

M. Zuin

Consorzio Rfx

Nuclear Fusion

0029-5515 (ISSN) 1741-4326 (eISSN)

Vol. 59 11 112023

Ämneskategorier

Energiteknik

Annan fysik

Fusion, plasma och rymdfysik

DOI

10.1088/1741-4326/ab25cb

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