A review of radiative detachment studies in tokamak advanced magnetic divertor configurations

VA Soukhanovskii - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The present vision for a plasma–material interface in the tokamak is an axisymmetric
poloidal magnetic X-point divertor. Four tasks are accomplished by the standard poloidal X …

Plasma magnetic control in tokamak devices

G De Tommasi - Journal of Fusion Energy, 2019 - Springer
In tokamak experimental reactors, the magnetic control system is one of the main plasma
control systems that is required, together with the density control, since the very beginning …

ITER-like vertical stabilization system for the EAST Tokamak

R Albanese, R Ambrosino, A Castaldo… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
A ITER-like vertical stabilization (VS) algorithm has been successfully deployed and
commissioned at EAST. The proposed algorithm decouples the VS from the plasma shape …

DTT: a divertor tokamak test facility for the study of the power exhaust issues in view of DEMO

R Albanese, WPDTT2 Team - Nuclear Fusion, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In parallel with the programme to optimize the operation with a conventional divertor based
on detached conditions to be tested on the ITER device, a project has been launched to …

Design of EAST lower divertor by considering target erosion and tungsten ion transport during the external impurity seeding

C Sang, Q Zhou, G Xu, L Wang, Y Wang, X Zhao… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
To demonstrate the performance of tungsten (W) as the divertor target material and to solve
the power handling problem during high power long-pulse discharge, the upgrade of EAST …

Vertical stabilization of tokamak plasmas via extremum seeking

S Dubbioso, LE di Grazia, G De Tommasi… - IFAC Journal of Systems …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper we propose a vertical stabilization (VS) control system for tokamak plasmas
based on the extremum seeking (ES) algorithm. The gist of the proposed strategy is to inject …

A comparative study of the effects of liquid lithium and tin as DEMO divertor targets on the heat loads and SOL properties

V Pericoli Ridolfini, R Ambrosino, S Mastrostefano… - Physics of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The behaviour of the scrape-off plasma of the European tokamak DEMO (DEMOnstration
tokamak of the economical feasibility of the fusion power) is analysed by means of the 2D …

The DTT proposal. A tokamak facility to address exhaust challenges for DEMO: Introduction and executive summary

R Albanese, A Pizzuto, WPDTT2 Team - Fusion Engineering and Design, 2017 - Elsevier
As indicated in the European Fusion Roadmap, the main objective of the Divertor Tokamak
Test facility (DTT) is to explore alternative power exhaust solutions for DEMO so as to …

Progress of divertor heat and particle flux control in EAST for advanced steady-state operation in the last 10 years

L Wang, GS Xu, JS Hu, KD Li, QP Yuan, JB Liu… - Journal of fusion …, 2021 - Springer
Active control of the excessively high heat and particle fluxes on the divertor target plates is
of fundamental importance to the steady state operation of tokamaks, especially for fusion …

The first implementation of active detachment feedback control in EAST PCS

QP Yuan, K Wu, L Wang, JC Xu, KD Li, JB Liu… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract EAST achieved 101.2 seconds H-mode discharge with total power injection up to
3MW in 2017. Consequently to the enhanced auxiliary heating power, the active divertor …