In the four-stage approach of the new ITER Research Plan, the first pre-fusion power operation (PFPO) phase will only have limited power available from external heating and current drive (H&CD) systems: 20-30 MW provided by the electron cyclotron resonance heating (ECRH) system. Accessing the H-mode confinement regime at such low auxiliary power requires operating at low magnetic field, plasma current and density, i.e. 1.8 T and 5 MA for a density between 40% and 50% of the Greenwald density. II-mode plasmas at 5 MA/1.8 T will also be investigated in the second PFPO phase when ITER will have its full complement of H&CD capabilities installed, i.e. 20-30 MW of ECRH, 20 MW of ion cyclotron resonance heating and 33 MW of neutral beam injection. This paper describes the operational constraints and the II&CD capabilities for such scenarios in hydrogen and helium plasmas, to assess their viability and the issues it will be possible to address with them. The modelling results show that 5 MA/1.8 T scenarios are viable and will allow the exploration of the H-mode physics and control issues foreseen in the ITER Research Programme in the PFPO phases.
Modelling one-third field operation in the ITER pre-fusion power operation phase
Schneider, M.; Polevoi, A. R.; Kim, S. H.; Loarte, A.; Pinches, S. D.; Artaud, J-F; Militello-Asp, E.; Beaumont, B.; Bilato, R.; Boilson, D.; Campbell, D. J.; Dumortier, P.; Farina, D.; Figini, L.; Gribov, Y.; Henderson, M.; Khayrutdinov, R. R.; Kavin, A. A.; Kochl, F.; Kurki-Suonio, T.; Kuyanov, A.; Lamalle, P.; Lerche, E.; Lukash, V. E.; Messiaen, A.; Parail, V; Sarkimaki, K.; Snicker, A.; Van Eester, D.
ID | 444516 |
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DOI | 10.1088/1741-4326/ab3de0 |
PRODUCT TYPE | Journal Article |
LAST UPDATE | 2022-04-06T09:43:15Z |