Impact of edge harmonic oscillations on the divertor heat flux in NSTX
- 1 January 2022
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Plasmas
- Vol. 29 (1) , 012503
Abstract
Previously, edge-localized mode (ELM)-free and inter-ELM divertor peak heat flux reduction induced by an edge harmonic oscillation (EHO) was observed in NSTX [Gan et al., Nucl. Fusion 57, 126053 (2017)]. This paper introduces new analysis of the EHO impact on the divertor heat flux. It was found that enhanced edge turbulence significantly altered the divertor heat flux footprint in NSTX H-modes, relative to ELM-free discharges. When the background edge fluctuation level was low, the EHO significantly increased the heat flux width and decreased the divertor peak heat flux. When the background edge fluctuation level was high, the EHO actually increased the divertor peak heat flux. Furthermore, it was also found that the heat flux width increased with the increasing frequency of the EHO.Keywords
Funding Information
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE-SC0016915)
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