Overview of EAST experiments on the development of high-performance steady-state scenario

BN Wan, YF Liang, XZ Gong, JG Li, N Xiang… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The EAST research program aims to demonstrate steady-state long-pulse advanced high-
performance H-mode operations with ITER-like poloidal configuration and RF-dominated …

Progress in the development and understanding of a high poloidal-beta tokamak operating scenario for an attractive fusion pilot plant

S Ding, AM Garofalo - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2022 - Springer
The high poloidal-beta (β P) regime was first proposed as a high bootstrap current scenario
for a steady-state fusion pilot plant (FPP) in the 1990s (Kikuchi in Nucl Fusion 30: 265 …

Integrated operation of steady-state long-pulse H-mode in experimental advanced superconducting tokamak

X Gong, AM Garofalo, J Huang, J Qian… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Recent Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) experiments
have successfully demonstrated a long-pulse steady-state scenario with improved plasma …

A high-density and high-confinement tokamak plasma regime for fusion energy

S Ding, AM Garofalo, HQ Wang, DB Weisberg, ZY Li… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The tokamak approach, utilizing a toroidal magnetic field configuration to confine a hot
plasma, is one of the most promising designs for developing reactors that can exploit …

Progress of the KSTAR research program exploring the advanced high performance and steady-state plasma operations

YK Oh, S Yoon, YM Jeon, WH Ko, SH Hong… - Journal of the Korean …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) program is
strongly focused on solving the scientific and technological issues in steady-state high …

Advances in plasma–wall interaction control for H-mode operation over 100 s with ITER-like tungsten divertor on EAST

L Wang, HY Guo, F Ding, YW Yu, QP Yuan… - Nuclear …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
A total power injection up to 0.3 GJ has been achieved in EAST long pulse H-mode
operation of 101.2 s with an ITER-like water-cooled tungsten (W) mono-block divertor, which …

Experimental progress of hybrid operational scenario on EAST tokamak

X Gao, L Zeng, MQ Wu, T Zhang, Y Yang… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Extensive experiments of advanced scenario development, which contribute to the ITER
hybrid operational scenario have been carried out on experimental advanced …

Progress of physics understanding for long pulse high-performance plasmas on EAST towards the steady-state operation of ITER and CFETR

J Huang, X Gong, AM Garofalo, J Qian… - Plasma Physics and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, the first ever 100 s long, steady-state H-mode discharge with good control of
impurities, core and edge MHD stabilities, and heat exhaust was demonstrated in the …

EAST steady-state long pulse H-mode with core-edge integration for CFETR

XZ Gong, AM Garofalo, J Huang, JP Qian… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
A recent EAST experiment has successfully demonstrated long pulse steady-state high
plasma performance scenario and core-edge integration since the last IAEA in 2018. A …

Validation of theory-based integrated modeling and new insights for a high-performance steady-state scenario with only RF heating on EAST

XM Zhai, JL Chen, N Xiang, XZ Gong, J Huang… - Nuclear …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Theory-based integrated modeling is validated against high-performance steady-
state core plasmas on EAST in the high poloidal beta (β p) regime with only RF heating …