Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme

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Reimerdes, H. - Agostini, M. - Alessio, E. - Alberti, S. - Andrébe, Y. - Arnichand, H. - Balbin, J. - Bagnato, F. - Baquero-Ruiz, M. - Bernert, M. - Bin, W. - Blanchard, P. - Blanken, T. - Boedo, J. - Brida, D. - Brunner, S. - Bogár, Klára - Bogár, Ondrej - Bolzonella, T. - Bombarda, F. - Bouquey, F. - Bowman, C. - Čeřovský, Jaroslav - Cavalier, Jordan - Farník, Michal - Horáček, Jan - Komm, Michael - Tomešová, Eva - Yanovskiy, Vadim - Carpanese, F. … celkem 239 autorů
Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme.
Nuclear Fusion. Roč. 62, č. 4 (2022), č. článku 042018. ISSN 0029-5515. E-ISSN 1741-4326
GRANT EU: European Commission(XE) 633053 - EUROfusion
Institucionální podpora: RVO:61389021
Klíčová slova: feedback-control * plasmas * nuclear fusion * tokamak * tcv * EUROfusion
Obor OECD: Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)
Impakt faktor: 3.3, rok: 2022
Způsob publikování: Open access
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/ac369b

The tokamak a configuration variable (TCV) continues to leverage its unique shaping capabilities, flexible heating systems and modern control system to address critical issues in preparation for ITER and a fusion power plant. For the 2019-20 campaign its configurational flexibility has been enhanced with the installation of removable divertor gas baffles, its diagnostic capabilities with an extensive set of upgrades and its heating systems with new dual frequency gyrotrons. The gas baffles reduce coupling between the divertor and the main chamber and allow for detailed investigations on the role of fuelling in general and, together with upgraded boundary diagnostics, test divertor and edge models in particular. The increased heating capabilities broaden the operational regime to include T (e)/T (i) similar to 1 and have stimulated refocussing studies from L-mode to H-mode across a range of research topics. ITER baseline parameters were reached in type-I ELMy H-modes and alternative regimes with 'small' (or no) ELMs explored. Most prominently, negative triangularity was investigated in detail and confirmed as an attractive scenario with H-mode level core confinement but an L-mode edge. Emphasis was also placed on control, where an increased number of observers, actuators and control solutions became available and are now integrated into a generic control framework as will be needed in future devices. The quantity and quality of results of the 2019-20 TCV campaign are a testament to its successful integration within the European research effort alongside a vibrant domestic programme and international collaborations.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0341422