Recent progress in Chinese fusion research based on superconducting tokamak configuration

J Zheng, J Qin, K Lu, M Xu, X Duan, G Xu, J Hu… - The innovation, 2022 - cell.com
Fusion energy is a promising source of clean energy, which could solve energy shortages
and environmental pollution. Research into controlled fusion energy has been ongoing for …

Physics design of new lower tungsten divertor for long-pulse high-power operations in EAST

GS Xu, L Wang, DM Yao, GZ Jia, CF Sang… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
A new lower tungsten divertor has been developed and installed in the EAST
superconducting tokamak to replace the previous graphite divertor with power handling …

Divertor impurity seeding with a new feedback control scheme for maintaining good core confinement in grassy-ELM H-mode regime with tungsten monoblock divertor …

GS Xu, QP Yuan, KD Li, L Wang, JC Xu… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Small perturbations and strong impurity exhaust capability associated with the small grassy
ELMs render the grassy-ELM regime a suitable candidate for achieving steady-state H …

Design of EAST lower divertor by considering target erosion and tungsten ion transport during the external impurity seeding

C Sang, Q Zhou, G Xu, L Wang, Y Wang, X Zhao… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
To demonstrate the performance of tungsten (W) as the divertor target material and to solve
the power handling problem during high power long-pulse discharge, the upgrade of EAST …

Effects of nitrogen seeding in a tokamak plasma

S Raj, N Bisai, V Shankar, A Sen - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The effects of nitrogen gas seeding in the edge and scrape-off layer (SOL) regions of a
tokamak plasma are studied through 2D fluid simulations using the BOUT++ code. Proper …

Long-pulse H-mode operation with stored-energy monitoring for detachment feedback control with a new lower tungsten divertor in EAST

YQ Tao, GS Xu, K Wu, QQ Yang, L Wang… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
One of the key challenges for future fusion research is to mitigate the high steady-state heat
load on the divertor target plates, and divertor detachment offers a promising solution. The …

Argon, neon, and nitrogen impurity transport in the edge and SOL regions of a tokamak

S Raj, N Bisai, V Shankar, A Sen - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Numerical simulations of the interchange plasma turbulence in the presence of medium-Z
impurities (N 2, Ne, and Ar) seeding have been performed using BOUT++. These simulation …

Progress of divertor heat and particle flux control in EAST for advanced steady-state operation in the last 10 years

L Wang, GS Xu, JS Hu, KD Li, QP Yuan, JB Liu… - Journal of fusion …, 2021 - Springer
Active control of the excessively high heat and particle fluxes on the divertor target plates is
of fundamental importance to the steady state operation of tokamaks, especially for fusion …

Study on pedestal fluctuations in H-modes without large ELMs during the transition to a detached tungsten divertor in EAST

Y Ye, R Chen, GS Xu, L Wang, HY Guo, C Zhou… - Nuclear …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Simultaneous control of the damaging erosion induced by the transient and steady-state
heat/particle fluxes on the divertor target material is one of the critical issues for next-step …

SOLPS-ITER drift modeling of neon impurity seeded plasmas in EAST with favorable and unfavorable toroidal magnetic field direction

W Fuqiong, Y Liang, XU Yingfeng… - Plasma Science and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
To better understand divertor detachment and asymmetry in the Experimental Advanced
Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), drift modeling via the comprehensive edge plasma code …