Bulletin of the American Physical Society
56th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
Volume 59, Number 15
Monday–Friday, October 27–31, 2014; New Orleans, Louisiana
Session UP8: Poster Session VIII: FRC, Spheromaks, Stellarators and Other Magnetic Confinement Systems; HEDP & ICF: Hydro, Simulations and Diagnostics
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Room: Preservation Hall
Abstract ID: BAPS.2014.DPP.UP8.30
Abstract: UP8.00030 : Plans for first plasma operation on Wendelstein 7-X
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Author:
Thomas Sunn Pedersen
(Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics)
Wendelstein 7-X construction is nearing completion and the commissioning phase has started, in preparation for first plasma. The first plasma operation phase (OP1.1) will be performed entirely without a divertor. Instead, five symmetrically placed inboard graphite limiter stripes will intersect and absorb the convective plasma heat loads. These un-cooled limiter stripes will limit the injected heating energy per pulse to about 2 MJ, for example, 0.5 second pulse length with 4 MW of ECRH heating. These plasmas will serve to commission the main physics tools for the machine, in particular the vacuum system,the diagnostics and the ECRH heating system. OP1.1 will last about 3 months and will, despite the relatively short pulse lengths, provide the opportunity to study a number of interesting phenomena, including limiter scrape-off layer physics, heat pulse propagation, energy, particle, and impurity confinement in the electron root, and measurements and, if necessary, correction of resonant field errors. A progress report on commissioning will be given, and elements of the physics program planned for OP1.1 will be explained, together with a status report on the installation and commissioning of key diagnostics.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2014.DPP.UP8.30
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