ELM resolved measurement of fuel recycling on divertor targets in DIII-D

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Abstract

Simultaneous measurements of different atomic and molecular contributions are important for determining D recycling from plasma-facing components (PFCs). A splitted filtered imaging of visible-range molecular and atomic emission was applied for the first time for synchronous measurements of D$_\alpha$ (656 nm), D2 Fulcher-$\alpha$ band (600 nm), and CD (430 nm) emissions in the strike point region of the lower divertor in DIII-D. Framing rate up to 1 kHz was sufficient to resolve intra- and inter-ELM phases of H-mode discharges. Radial profiles of atomic (molecular) fluxes of recycled D were deduced using respective S(D)/XB rate coefficients. We present the results of particle flux measurements for a series of shots with varying densities (n/n$_{GW}$ = 0.5-0.8), which affected the degree of the divertor detachment and the balance between individual channels of D recycling from PFCs.

*Supported by the US DOE under DE-FG02-07ER54917, DE-FG02-04ER54758, DE-FC02-04ER54698, DE-FG03-95ER54309, and DE-FG02-04ER54762.

Authors

  • I. Bykov

    • UCSD
  • E.M. Hollmann

    • UCSD
  • R.A. Moyer

    • UCSD
  • J.G. Watkins

    • SNL
  • M. Makowski

    • LLNL
  • C. Lasnier

    • LLNL
  • A.G. McLean

    • LLNL
  • H. Wang

    • ORAU
    • ORNL
    • GA
    • SNL