Characteristic of the power decay length of small ELMs measured by infrared camera on EAST

Small edge-localized-mode (ELM) regimes are being studied as promising solution to reduce the heat flux to the first-wall within tolerable levels in future machines. This study represents the first utilization of a high-resolution infrared camera system on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting T...

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Main Authors: G.T. Chen, Q.Q. Yang, J.H. Yang, X. Lin, H. Yang, Z.D. Yang, R.R. Liang, T.H. Wang, B.H. Zhang, L. Wang, Y.W. Sun, G.S. Xu, F.C. Zhong
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Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ade5ba
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author G.T. Chen
Q.Q. Yang
J.H. Yang
X. Lin
H. Yang
Z.D. Yang
R.R. Liang
T.H. Wang
B.H. Zhang
L. Wang
Y.W. Sun
G.S. Xu
F.C. Zhong
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Q.Q. Yang
J.H. Yang
X. Lin
H. Yang
Z.D. Yang
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B.H. Zhang
L. Wang
Y.W. Sun
G.S. Xu
F.C. Zhong
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description Small edge-localized-mode (ELM) regimes are being studied as promising solution to reduce the heat flux to the first-wall within tolerable levels in future machines. This study represents the first utilization of a high-resolution infrared camera system on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak to investigate the heat flux characteristics of small ELMs. Both typical discharge results and statistical analyses indicate that the power decay length ( ${\lambda _q}$ ) of small ELMs is broader than that of inter-large ELMs but narrower than that of intra-large ELMs, consistent with previous simulations using the BOUT++ code. Further analysis indicates that low hybrid wave heating has a more significant impact on the ${\lambda _q}$ of small ELMs compared to other heating schemes. Among all the parameters, the line averaged density ( ${n_{{\text{el}}}}$ ) has the most notable effect on the heat flux width of small ELMs, as evidenced by both the correlation analysis and the result from typical shots. Furthermore, the investigation on the heat load deposition in far-scrape-off-layer (SOL) region during small ELMs shows that small ELMs under relatively low collisionality conditions, carrying less than 1% of the plasma stored energy, are found to deposit 0.2–0.45 of the ELM power to the far SOL region.
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spelling doaj-art-263aadd8c93f4b70a26ab63bf07647b22025-08-20T03:27:57ZengIOP PublishingNuclear Fusion0029-55152025-01-0165707604010.1088/1741-4326/ade5baCharacteristic of the power decay length of small ELMs measured by infrared camera on EASTG.T. Chen0Q.Q. Yang1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6354-1408J.H. Yang2X. Lin3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4540-3017H. Yang4Z.D. Yang5R.R. Liang6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1419-0234T.H. Wang7B.H. Zhang8https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3263-8262L. Wang9https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8373-117XY.W. Sun10https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9934-1328G.S. Xu11https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8495-8678F.C. Zhong12https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4038-4040College of Physics, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, China; Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei, Anhui 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei, Anhui 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei, Anhui 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei, Anhui 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei, Anhui 230031, ChinaTongling University , Tongling, Anhui 244000, ChinaYulin Normal University , Yulin, Guangxi 537000, ChinaCollege of Physics, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, ChinaCollege of Physics, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei, Anhui 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei, Anhui 230031, ChinaInstitute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Hefei, Anhui 230031, ChinaCollege of Physics, Donghua University , Shanghai 201620, ChinaSmall edge-localized-mode (ELM) regimes are being studied as promising solution to reduce the heat flux to the first-wall within tolerable levels in future machines. This study represents the first utilization of a high-resolution infrared camera system on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak to investigate the heat flux characteristics of small ELMs. Both typical discharge results and statistical analyses indicate that the power decay length ( ${\lambda _q}$ ) of small ELMs is broader than that of inter-large ELMs but narrower than that of intra-large ELMs, consistent with previous simulations using the BOUT++ code. Further analysis indicates that low hybrid wave heating has a more significant impact on the ${\lambda _q}$ of small ELMs compared to other heating schemes. Among all the parameters, the line averaged density ( ${n_{{\text{el}}}}$ ) has the most notable effect on the heat flux width of small ELMs, as evidenced by both the correlation analysis and the result from typical shots. Furthermore, the investigation on the heat load deposition in far-scrape-off-layer (SOL) region during small ELMs shows that small ELMs under relatively low collisionality conditions, carrying less than 1% of the plasma stored energy, are found to deposit 0.2–0.45 of the ELM power to the far SOL region.https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ade5bapower decay length (λq)small ELMsinter-large ELMsintra-large ELMsfar-SOL
spellingShingle G.T. Chen
Q.Q. Yang
J.H. Yang
X. Lin
H. Yang
Z.D. Yang
R.R. Liang
T.H. Wang
B.H. Zhang
L. Wang
Y.W. Sun
G.S. Xu
F.C. Zhong
Characteristic of the power decay length of small ELMs measured by infrared camera on EAST
Nuclear Fusion
power decay length (λq)
small ELMs
inter-large ELMs
intra-large ELMs
far-SOL
title Characteristic of the power decay length of small ELMs measured by infrared camera on EAST
title_full Characteristic of the power decay length of small ELMs measured by infrared camera on EAST
title_fullStr Characteristic of the power decay length of small ELMs measured by infrared camera on EAST
title_full_unstemmed Characteristic of the power decay length of small ELMs measured by infrared camera on EAST
title_short Characteristic of the power decay length of small ELMs measured by infrared camera on EAST
title_sort characteristic of the power decay length of small elms measured by infrared camera on east
topic power decay length (λq)
small ELMs
inter-large ELMs
intra-large ELMs
far-SOL
url https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-4326/ade5ba
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