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JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Volume 438, Issue -, Pages S139-S147Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2013.01.022
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- EPSRC [EP/I501045/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/I501045/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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L-mode and H-mode density limits with the ITER-like wall (ILW) have been investigated in the recent experimental campaign and compared with experiments in the JET carbon material configuration. The density limit is up to 40% higher in the JET-ILW than in the JET-CFC machine. This is linked to the formerly higher radiation fraction and, correspondingly, to earlier divertor detachment in the JET-CFC. In the ILW configuration, the discharge demonstrates a stable operation with a completely detached outer divertor in L-and H-mode. In contrary to the well-known `` heating power independent'' Greenwald limit, the Lmode densities limit increases moderately with rising heating power (similar to P-heat(0.4)) independently of the wall material. The H-L transition constitutes an effective undisruptive density limit for an H-mode plasma. Detachment itself does not trigger the H-L back transition and does not present a limit on plasma density. In the range of neutral beam heating 8-10.5 MW, no dependence of the H-mode density limit on the heating power was observed. (C) 2013 Euratom. Published by Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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