A. Kallenbach et al 2008 Nucl. Fusion 48 085008 doi:10.1088/0029-5515/48/8/085008
A. Kallenbach, R. Dux, T. Eich, R. Fischer, L. Giannone, J. Harhausen, A. Herrmann, H.W. Müller, G. Pautasso, M. Wischmeier and the ASDEX Upgrade Team
Show affiliationsParticle, electric charge and power fluxes for type-I ELMy H-modes are measured in the divertor of the ASDEX Upgrade tokamak by triple Langmuir probes, shunts, infrared (IR) thermography and spectroscopy. The discharges are in the medium to high density range, resulting in predominantly convective edge localized modes (ELMs) with moderate fractional stored energy losses of 2% or below. Time resolved data over ELM cycles are obtained by coherent averaging of typically one hundred similar ELMs, spatial profiles from the flush-mounted Langmuir probes are obtained by strike point sweeps. The application of simple physics models is used to compare different diagnostics and to make consistency checks, e.g. the standard sheath model applied to the Langmuir probes yields power fluxes which are compared with the thermographic measurements. In between ELMs, Langmuir probe and thermography power loads appear consistent in the outer divertor, taking into account additional load due to radiation and charge exchange neutrals measured by thermography. The inner divertor is completely detached and no significant power flow by charged particles is measured. During ELMs, quite similar power flux profiles are found in the outer divertor by thermography and probes, albeit larger uncertainties in Langmuir probe evaluation during ELMs have to be taken into account. In the inner divertor, ELM power fluxes from thermography are a factor 10 larger than those derived from probes using the standard sheath model. This deviation is too large to be caused by deficiencies of probe analysis. The total ELM energy deposition from IR is about a factor 2 higher in the inner divertor compared with the outer divertor. Spectroscopic measurements suggest a quite moderate contribution of radiation to the target power load. Shunt measurements reveal a significant positive charge flow into the inner target during ELMs. The net number of elementary charges correlates well with the total core particle loss obtained from highly resolved density profiles. As a consequence, the discrepancy between probe and IR measurements is attributed to the ion power channel via a high mean impact energy of the ions at the inner target. The dominant contributing mechanism is proposed to be the directed loss of ions from the pedestal region into the inner divertor.
52.55.Fa Tokamaks, spherical tokamaks
Issue 8 (August 2008)
Received 7 March 2008, accepted for publication 3 July 2008
Published 24 July 2008
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