Rapid Shutdown Methods for Runaway Electron Suppression by Large Shattered Pellets and Massive Gas Injection in DIII-D

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Abstract

Massive gas injection (MGI) has been shown to significantly reduce both the heat loads and forces transmitted to the tokamak first wall. However, MGI has been unable to approach the ne required to prevent runaway electron (RE) generation by the avalanche process. Large shattered pellet injection (SPI) has been developed to overcome this limitation in MGI. Application of SPI and MGI techniques using D$_2$ in DIII-D will be compared. Extensions to neon will be discussed. Other techniques for RE suppression explored in DIII-D, such as large shell pellet injection, very high intensity gas injection, and external magnetic perturbations, will be discussed along with key RE diagnostics used.

*Work supported in part by the US DOE under DE-AC02-00OR22725, DE-FC02-04ER54698, DE-FG02-07ER54917, and DE-FG02-07ER54912.

Authors

  • T.C. Jernigan

    • ORNL

  • N. Commaux

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • L.R. Baylor

    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  • N.W. Eidietis

  • T.E. Evans

    • General Atomics
    • GA

  • D.A. Humphreys

    • General Atomics

  • P. Parks

    • General Atomics
    • G.A.

  • J.C. Wesley

    • GA
    • General Atomics

  • E.M. Hollmann

    • UCSD

  • Valerie Izzo

    • UCSD
    • University of California, San Diego

  • A.N. James

  • J.H. Yu

    • UCSD