Overview of first Wendelstein 7-X high-performance operation

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Czarnecka, K. Czerski, M. Czerwinski, G. Czymek, A. da Molin, A. da Silva, H. Damm, A. de la Pena, S. Degenkolbe, C. P. Dhard, M. Dibon, A. Dinklage, T. Dittmar, M. Drevlak, P. Drewelow, P. Drews, F. Durodie, E. Edlund, P. van Eeten, F. Effenberg, G. Ehrke, S. Elgeti, M. Endler, D. Ennis, H. Esteban, T. Estrada, J. Fellinger, Y. Feng, E. Flom, H. Fernandes, W. H. Fietz, W. Figacz, J. Fontdecaba, O. Ford, T. Fornal, H. Frerichs, A. Freund, T. Funaba, A. Galkowski, G. Gantenbein, Y. Gao, J. Garcia Regana, D. Gates, J. Geiger, R. Giannella, A. Gogoleva, B. Goncalves, A. Goriaev, D. Gradic, M. Grahl, J. Green, H. Greuner, A. Grosman, H. Grote, M. Gruca, C. Guerard, P. Hacker, X. Han, J. H. Harris, D. Hartmann, D. Hathiramani, B. Hein, B. Heinemann, P. Helander, S. Henneberg, M. Henkel, J. Hernandez Sanchez, C. Hidalgo, M. Hirsch, K. P. Hollfeld, U. Hoefel, A. Hoelting, D. Hoeschen, M. Houry, J. Howard, X. Huang, Z. Huang, M. Hubeny, M. Huber, H. Hunger, K. Ida, T. Ilkei, S. Illy, B. Israeli, S. Jablonski, M. Jakubowski, J. Jelonnek, H. Jenzsch, T. Jesche, M. Jia, P. Junghanns, J. Kacmarczyk, J-P Kallmeyer, U. Kamionka, H. Kasahara, W. Kasparek, Y. O. Kazakov, N. Kenmochi, C. Killer, A. Kirschner, R. Kleiber, J. Knauer, M. Knaup, A. Knieps, T. Kobarg, G. Kocsis, F. Koechl, Y. Kolesnichenko, A. Koenies, R. Koenig, P. Kornejew, J-P Koschinsky, F. Koester, M. Kraemer, R. Krampitz, A. Kraemer-Flecken, N. Krawczyk, T. Kremeyer, J. Krom, M. Krychowiak, I. Ksiazek, M. Kubkowska, G. Kuehner, T. Kurki-Suonio, P. A. Kurz, S. Kwak, M. Landreman, P. Lang, R. Lang, A. Langenberg, S. Langish, H. Laqua, R. Laube, S. Lazerson, C. Lechte, M. Lennartz, W. Leonhardt, C. Li, Y. Li, Y. Liang, C. Linsmeier, S. C. Liu, J-F Lobsien, D. Loesser, J. Loizu Cisquella, J. Lore, A. Lorenz, M. Losert, A. Lucke, A. Lumsdaine, VN Lutsenko, H. Maassberg, O. Marchuk, J. H. Matthew, S. Marsen, M. Marushchenko, S. Masuzaki, D. Maurer, M. Mayer, K. McCarthy, P. McNeely, A. Meier, D. Mellein, B. 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Abstract

The optimized superconducting stellarator device Wendelstein 7-X (with major radius R = 5.5 m, minor radius a = 0.5 m, and 30 m(3) plasma volume) restarted operation after the assembly of a graphite heat shield and 10 inertially cooled island divertor modules. This paper reports on the results from the first high-performance plasma operation. Glow discharge conditioning and ECRH conditioning discharges in helium turned out to be important for density and edge radiation control. Plasma densities of 1-4.5 x 10(19) m(-3) with central electron temperatures 5-10 keV were routinely achieved with hydrogen gas fueling, frequently terminated by a radiative collapse. In a first stage, plasma densities up to 1.4 x 10(20) m(-3) were reached with hydrogen pellet injection and helium gas fueling. Here, the ions are indirectly heated, and at a central density of 8 . 10(19 )m(-3) a temperature of 3.4 keV with T-e/T-i = 1 was transiently accomplished, which corresponds to nT(i)(0)tau(E) = 6.4 x 10(19) keV s m(-3) with a peak diamagnetic energy of 1.1 MJ and volume-averaged normalized plasma pressure = 1.2%. The routine access to high plasma densities was opened with boronization of the first wall. After boronization, the oxygen impurity content was reduced by a factor of 10, the carbon impurity content by a factor of 5. The reduced (edge) plasma radiation level gives routinely access to higher densities without radiation collapse, e.g. well above 1 x 10(20) m(-2) line integrated density and T-e = T-i = 2 keV central temperatures at moderate ECRH power. Both X2 and O2 mode ECRH schemes were successfully applied. Core turbulence was measured with a phase contrast imaging diagnostic and suppression of turbulence during pellet injection was observed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number112004
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalNuclear Fusion
Volume59
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2019
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

  • stellarator
  • divertor
  • ECR heating
  • NBI heating
  • plasma performance
  • turbulence
  • impurities
  • DENSITY LIMIT
  • PHYSICS
  • CONFINEMENT
  • STELLARATOR
  • SYSTEM
  • W7-X

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