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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Università degli Studi di Padova
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
ENEA Centro Ricerche Frascati
Culham Centre for Fusion Energy
Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfision, Warszaw
Università degli Studi di Padova
2025-05-31
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European Commission or SERI | |||
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European Commission | 101052200—EUROfusion,MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033,PID2021-127727OB-I00 | ||
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