Injected mass deposition thresholds for lithium granule instigated triggering of edge localized modes on EAST

R Lunsford, Z Sun, R Maingi, JS Hu, D Mansfield… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The ability of an injected lithium granule to promptly trigger an edge localized mode (ELM)
has been established in multiple experiments. By horizontally injecting granules ranging in …

First observations of ELM triggering by injected lithium granules in EAST

DK Mansfield, AL Roquemore, T Carroll, Z Sun… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The first results of edge-localized mode (ELM) pacing using small spherical lithium granules
injected mechanically into H-mode discharges are reported. Triggering of ELMs was …

High frequency pacing of edge localized modes by injection of lithium granules in DIII-D H-mode discharges

A Bortolon, R Maingi, DK Mansfield, A Nagy… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A newly installed Lithium Granule Injector (LGI) was used to pace edge localized modes
(ELM) in DIII-D. ELM pacing efficiency was studied injecting lithium granules of nominal …

First results of ELM triggering with a multichamber lithium granule injector into EAST discharges

Z Sun, R Lunsford, R Maingi, JS Hu… - … on Plasma Science, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A critical challenge facing the basic long-pulse H-mode for ITER is to control edge-localized
modes (ELMs). A new method using a multichamber lithium (Li) granule injector (LGI) for …

ELM frequency enhancement and discharge modification through lithium granule injection into EAST H-modes

R Lunsford, JS Hu, Z Sun, R Maingi… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The injection of impurity granules into fusion research discharges can serve as a catalyst for
ELM events. For sufficiently low ELM frequencies, and granule sizes above a threshold, this …

Lithium granule ablation and penetration during ELM pacing experiments at DIII-D

R Lunsford, A Bortolon, AL Roquemore… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2016 - Elsevier
At DIII-D, lithium granules were radially injected into the plasma at the outer midplane to
trigger and pace edge localized modes (ELMs). Granules ranging in size from 300 to 1000 …

Type-I ELM mitigation by continuous lithium granule gravitational injection into the upper tungsten divertor in EAST

Z Sun, YZ Qian, R Maingi, YF Wang, YM Wang… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Large edge-localized modes (ELMs) were mitigated by gravitational injection of lithium
granules into the upper X-point region of the experimental advanced superconducting …

Supplemental ELM control in ITER through beryllium granule injection

R Lunsford, A Bortolon, R Maingi, DK Mansfield… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Injection of low-Z granules into high performance discharges on DIII-D has been shown to
promptly trigger Edge Localized Modes (ELMs) providing high-Z impurity control without …

Divertor load footprint of ELMs in pellet triggering and pacing experiments at JET

D Frigione, L Garzotti, M Lennholm, B Alper… - Journal of nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
An investigation of pellet pacing and triggering of Edge Localized Modes (ELMs) was
carried out in the frame of ELM mitigation studies aimed at reducing their damaging effects …

A quasi-periodic linear feeder for the impurity granular injection on DIII-D

A Nagy, A Bortolon, W Brown, P Fisher… - … on Plasma Science, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Injection of solid nonfuel pellets has been actively used as a tool for pacing and mitigation of
edge localized modes (ELMs). In DIII-D, effective ELM pacing has been demonstrated by the …