Characterization of the blob generation region and blobby transport in a stellarator

被引：24

作者：

Fuchert, G. ^{[1
]}

Birkenmeier, G. ^{[1
,2
]}

Ramisch, M. ^{[3
]}

Stroth, U. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Max Planck Inst Plasma Phys, Boltzmannstr 2, D-85748 Garching, Germany

[2] Tech Univ Munich, Phys Dept E28, James Franck Str 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany

[3] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Grenzflachenverfahrenstech & Plasmatechnol, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany

来源：

PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION | 2016年 / 58卷 / 05期

关键词：

stellarator; scrape-off layer; blobs; turbulent transport; SCRAPE-OFF-LAYER; WENDELSTEIN 7-AS STELLARATOR; EDGE TURBULENCE; PLASMAS; TOKAMAK;

D O I：

10.1088/0741-3335/58/5/054005

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

Filaments of increased pressure ('blobs') in the scrape-off layer of toroidally confined magnetized plasmas are studied in the context of fusion research due to their relevance for confinement and wall safety. Analytical models in simple toroidal magnetic field geometries have proven useful to get a quantitative understanding of blob dynamics in tokamaks. However, their direct applicability to the more complicated stellarator geometry is far less studied. The experiments presented here show that in the stellarator TJ-K blobs are field-aligned structures occurring in scrape-off layer regions of negative mean normal curvature, which is in agreement with common blob models. Furthermore, it is shown that in TJ-K, in accordance with findings from tokamaks, blobs account for a significant fraction of the turbulent scrape-off layer transport of the order of several tens of percent.

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