Operation and coupling of LH waves with the ITER-like wall at JET

K. K. Kirov, J. Mailloux, A. Ekedahl, V. Petrzilka, G. Arnoux, Yu Baranov, M. Brix, M. Goniche, S. Jachmich, M. L. Mayoral, J. Ongena, F. Rimini, M. Stamp

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Abstract

In this paper important aspects of the lower hybrid (LH) operation with the ITER-like wall (ILW) [1] at JET are reported. Impurity release during LH operation was investigated and it was found that there is no significant Be increase with LH power. The concentration of W was analysed in more detail and it was concluded that LH negligibly contributes to its increase. No cases of W accumulation in LH-only heating experiments were observed so far. LH wave coupling was studied and optimised to achieve the level of system performance similar to before ILW installation. Measurements by Li-beam were used to study systematic dependencies of the scrape-off layer (SOL) density on the gas injection rate from a dedicated gas introduction module and the LH power and launcher position. Experimental results are supported by SOL transport modelling. Observations of arcs in front of the LH launcher and hotspots on magnetically connected sections of the vessel are reported. Overall, a relatively trouble-free operation of the LH system up to 2.5 MW of coupled radio frequency power in L-mode plasma was achieved with no indication that the power cannot be increased further.

Original languageEnglish
Article number115008
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume55
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2013

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