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 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 …

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 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 …

Enhanced H-mode pedestals with lithium injection in DIII-D

TH Osborne, GL Jackson, Z Yan, R Maingi… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Periods of edge localized mode (ELM)-free H-mode with increased pedestal pressure and
width were observed in the DIII-D tokamak when density fluctuations localized to the region …

ELM pace making and mitigation by pellet injection in ASDEX Upgrade

PT Lang, GD Conway, T Eich, L Fattorini… - Nuclear …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
In ASDEX Upgrade, experimental efforts aim to establish pace making and mitigation of type-
I edge localized modes (ELMs) in high confinement mode (H-mode) discharges. Injection of …

ELM frequency control by continuous small pellet injection in ASDEX Upgrade

PT Lang, J Neuhauser, LD Horton, T Eich… - Nuclear …, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Injection of cryogenic deuterium pellets has been successfully applied in ASDEX Upgrade
for external edge localized mode (ELM) frequency control in type-I ELMy H-mode discharge …

Reduction of edge localized mode intensity on DIII-D by on-demand triggering with high frequency pellet injection and implications for ITER

LR Baylor, N Commaux, TC Jernigan, SJ Meitner… - Physics of …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The injection of small deuterium pellets at high repetition rates up to 12× the natural edge
localized mode (ELM) frequency has been used to trigger high-frequency ELMs in otherwise …

Spatio-temporal investigations on the triggering of pellet induced ELMs

G Kocsis, S Kálvin, PT Lang, M Maraschek… - Nuclear …, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
Pellets injected into type-I ELMy H-mode discharges are known to trigger edge-localized
modes (ELMs). In order to understand the underlying processes the triggering mechanism …