Wendelstein 7-X program—demonstration of a stellarator option for fusion energy

RC Wolf, CD Beidler, A Dinklage… - … on plasma science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The superconducting stellarator Wendelstein 7-X is currently being commissioned. First
plasmas are expected for the second half of 2015. W7-X is designed to overcome the main …

Tuning of the rotational transform in Wendelstein 7-X

SA Lazerson, Y Gao, K Hammond, C Killer… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The control of rotational transform in Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is key to both the island
divertor operation and safety of plasma facing components. The island divertor concept in …

Scenario with combined density and heating control to reduce the impact of the bootstrap current in Wendelstein 7-X

P Sinha, D Böckenhoff, M Endler, J Geiger… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Wendelstein 7-X is a low-shear stellarator with an island divertor, formed by natural
magnetic islands at the plasma edge and ten modular divertor units for particle and energy …

Application of improved analysis of convective heat loads on plasma facing components to Wendelstein 7-X

D Böckenhoff, M Blatzheim - Nuclear Fusion, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Within this research we present a method to speed up the simulation of convective heat
loads onto the plasma-facing components (PFCs) of the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator …

Modeling and analysis of the W7-X high heat-flux divertor scraper element

A Lumsdaine, J Boscary, E Clark, K Ekici… - … on Plasma Science, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator experiment is scheduled for the completion of device
commissioning and the start of first plasma in 2015. At the completion of the first two …

Design of the wendelstein 7-x inertially cooled test divertor unit scraper element

A Lumsdaine, J Boscary, J Fellinger, J Harris… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator is scheduled to begin operation in 2015, and to achieve full
power steady-state operation in 2019. Computational simulations have indicated that for …

Overview of design and analysis activities for the W7-X scraper element

A Lumsdaine, T Bjorholm, J Harris… - … on Plasma Science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator is in final stages of commissioning, and will begin operation
in late 2015. In the first phase, the machine will operate with a limiter, and will be restricted to …

Neural network regression approaches to reconstruct properties of magnetic configuration from Wendelstein 7-X modeled heat load patterns

M Blatzheim, D Boeckenhoff - Nuclear Fusion, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Convective heat loads onto the plasma facing components of magnetic confinement devices
contain information about edge magnetic field properties which are not yet fully exploited …

Heat flux and design calculations for the W7-X divertor scraper element

J Lore, J Canik, J Harris, A Lumsdaine, D McGinnis… - 2012 - osti.gov
Full text: The W7-X stellarator is a high-performance optimized stellarator currently under
construction in Greifswald, Germany. W7-X will operate under near steady-state conditions …

Multiphysics analysis of the Wendelstein 7-X actively cooled scraper element

E Clar, A Lumsdaine, J Boscary, K Ekici… - Fusion Science and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The Wendelstein 7-X stellarator experiment is scheduled to start operation in mid-2015, and
to move to steady-state operation in 2019. During this steady-state operation, certain plasma …