Progress of the CFETR design

G Zhuang, GQ Li, J Li, YX Wan, Y Liu, XL Wang… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor (CFETR), complementing the
ITER facility, is aiming to demonstrate fusion energy production up to 200 MW initially and to …

Plasma performance and operational space without ELMs in DIII-D

C Paz-Soldan, DIII-D Team - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract A database of DIII-D plasmas without edge-localized modes (ELMs) compares the
operating space and plasma performance of stationary no-ELM regimes found in …

Role of sheared E× B flow in self-organized, improved confinement states in magnetized plasmas

KH Burrell - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT A major scientific success story of magnetic fusion research in the past several
decades has been the theoretical development and experimental testing of the process of …

Access and sustainment of naturally ELM-free and small-ELM regimes

E Viezzer - Nuclear Fusion, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Edge localized modes (ELMs) have a detrimental effect on the plasma facing components
and pose one of the most serious obstacles for steady-state operation in a future fusion …

High fusion performance in Super H-mode experiments on Alcator C-Mod and DIII-D

PB Snyder, JW Hughes, TH Osborne… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The'Super H-Mode'regime is predicted to enable pedestal height and fusion
performance substantially higher than standard H-Mode operation. This regime exists due to …

Prospects of core–edge integrated no-ELM and small-ELM scenarios for future fusion devices

E Viezzer, ME Austin, M Bernert, KH Burrell… - Nuclear Materials and …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of our grand challenges towards fusion energy is the achievement of a high-
performance plasma core coupled to a boundary solution. The high confinement mode (H …

Discovery of stationary operation of quiescent H-mode plasmas with net-zero neutral beam injection torque and high energy confinement on DIII-D

KH Burrell, K Barada, X Chen, AM Garofalo… - Physics of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Recent experiments in DIII-D [JL Luxon et al., in Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear
Fusion Research 1996 (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1987), Vol. I, p. 159] …

Nonlinear MHD simulations of quiescent H-mode plasmas in DIII-D

F Liu, GTA Huijsmans, A Loarte, AM Garofalo… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In the Quiescent H-mode (QH-mode) regime, the edge harmonic oscillation (EHO), thought
to be a saturated kink-peeling mode (KPM) driven unstable by current and rotation, is found …

Rotational shear effects on edge harmonic oscillations in DIII-D quiescent H-mode discharges

X Chen, KH Burrell, NM Ferraro, TH Osborne… - Nuclear …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In the quiescent H-mode (QH-mode) regime, edge harmonic oscillations (EHOs) play an
important role in avoiding transient edge localized mode (ELM) power fluxes by providing …

Real-time confinement regime detection in fusion plasmas with convolutional neural networks and high-bandwidth edge fluctuation measurements

K Gill, D Smith, S Joung, B Geiger… - Machine Learning …, 2024 - submit.iopscience.iop.org
A real-time detection of the plasma confinement regime can enable new advanced plasma
control capabilities for both the access to and sustainment of enhanced confinement …