Psep/PLH control in deuterium and deuterium-tritium JET plasmas
The high confinement mode (H-mode) is a promising route to achieve high performance tokamak operations, as the ones foreseen in ITER and beyond. However, accessing a stable H-mode phase requires that the power across the plasma separatrix, Psep, exceeds a certain power threshold, PLH. Feedback control can be utilized in this context to guide the H-mode entry and exit, and to tailor its evolution throughout the pulse by monitoring fNetLH defined as the ratio of Psep over PLH. Such a controller has been integrated into the JET plasma control system, using the neutral beam power and the gas puffing as actuators. In this work, we document successful Psep/PLH control studies carried out in deuterium and deuterium-tritium plasmas, which pave the way for using this portable controller in ITER and next step fusion devices.
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Funder | Funding(s) | Grant Number | Grant URL |
European Commission or SERI | |||
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European Commission | 101052200—EUROfusion,MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033,PID2021-127727OB-I00 | ||
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