Abstract
Abstract
In future fusion reactors disruptions must be avoided at all costs. Disruptions due to the density limit (DL) are typically described by the power-independent Greenwald scaling. Recently, a power dependence of the disruptive DL was predicted by several authors (Zanca et al 2019 Nucl. Fusion
59 126011; Giacomin et al 2022 Phys. Rev. Lett.
128 185003; Singh and Diamond 2022 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion
64 084004; Stroth et al 2022 Nucl. Fusion
62 076008; Brown and Goldston 2021 Nucl. Mater. Energy
27 101002). It is investigated whether this increases the operational range of the tokamak. Increasing the heating power in the L-mode can induce an L-H transition, and therefore a power-dependent DL and the L-H transition cannot be considered independently. The different models are tested on a data base for separatrix parameters at the separatrix of ASDEX Upgrade and compared with the concept (SepOS) presented in Eich and Manz (2021 Nucl. Fusion
61 086017). The disruptive separatrix density scales with the power
n
e
∝
P
0.38
±
0.08
in good agreement to all models. Also the back transition from high to low (H-L) confinement shows an approximately Greenwald scaling with an additional power dependence
n
e
∝
P
0.4
according to the SepOS concept. For future devices operating at much higher heating power such a power scaling may allow operation at much higher separatrix densities than are common in H-mode operation. Preconditions to extrapolation for future devices are discussed.
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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