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Title: Real-time Radiative Divertor Feedback Control Development for the NSTX-U Tokamak using a Vacuum Ultraviolet Spectrometer
Contributors: Soukhanovskii, V.A.
Kaita, R.
Stratton, B.
U. S. Department of Energy contract number DE-AC02-09CH11466
Keywords: Vacuum ultraviolet
Spectroscopy
Divertor
Detachment
Impurities
Issue Date: Nov-2016
Publisher: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University
Related Publication: Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 87, p. 11D605 (November 2016)
Abstract: A radiative divertor technique is planned for the NSTX-U tokamak to prevent excessive erosion and thermal damage of divertor plasma-facing components in H-mode plasma discharges with auxiliary heating up to 12 MW. In the radiative (partially detached) divertor, extrinsically seeded deuterium or impurity gases are used to increase plasma volumetric power and momentum losses. A real-time feedback control of the gas seeding rate is planned for discharges of up to 5 s duration. The outer divertor leg plasma electron temperature Te estimated spectroscopically in real time will be used as a control parameter. A vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer McPherson Model 251 with a fast charged-coupled device detector is developed for temperature monitoring between 5 and 30 eV, based on the delta n=0;1 line intensity ratios of carbon, nitrogen or neon ions lines in the spectral range 300 to 1600 A. A collisional-radiative model-based line intensity ratio will be used for relative calibration. A real-time Te-dependent signal within a characteristic divertor detachment equilibration time of ~ 10-15 ms is expected.
URI: http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp014x51hm47x
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