Open AccessOverview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme
Author(s) -
H. Reimerdes,
M. Agostini,
E. Alessi,
S. Alberti,
Y. Andrèbe,
H. Arnichand,
J. Balbin,
F. Bagnato,
M. Baquero-Ruiz,
M. Bernert,
W. Bin,
P. Blanchard,
T. C. Blanken,
J.A. Boedo,
D. Brida,
S. Brunner,
C. Bogar,
O. Bogár,
T. Bolzonella,
F. Bombarda,
F. Bouquey,
C. Bowman,
D. Brunetti,
J. Buermans,
Hugo Bufferand,
L. Calacci,
Y. Camenen,
Stefano Carli,
D. Carnevale,
F. Carpanese,
F. Causa,
J. Cavalier,
M. Cavedon,
Jean Arthur Cazabonne,
J. Čeřovský,
R. Chandra,
A. Chandrarajan Jayalekshmi,
O. Chellaï,
P. Chmielewski,
D. Choi,
Guido Ciraolo,
I.G.J. Classen,
S. Coda,
Claudia Colandrea,
A. Dal Molin,
P. David,
M.R. de Baar,
J. Decker,
Wouter Dekeyser,
H. De Oliveira,
D. Douai,
M. Dreval,
M. Dunne,
B. P. Duval,
S. Elmore,
Ola Embréus,
F. Eriksson,
M. Faitsch,
G. Falchetto,
M. Farník,
A. Fasoli,
N. Fedorczak,
F. Felici,
O. Février,
O. Ficker,
A. Fil,
M. Fontana,
E. Fransson,
L. Frassinetti,
I. Furno,
D.S. Gahle,
D. Galassi,
K. Gałązka,
C. Galperti,
S. Garavaglia,
M. García-Muñoz,
B. Geiger,
Maurizio Giacomin,
G. Giruzzi,
M. Gobbin,
T. Golfinopoulos,
T. P. Goodman,
S. Gorno,
G. Granucci,
J. P. Graves,
M. Griener,
M. Gruca,
T. Gyergyek,
Rob Haelterman,
A. Hakola,
Woonghee Han,
T. Happel,
G. Harrer,
James R. Harrison,
S. Henderson,
G. M. D. Hogeweij,
J.P. Hogge,
Mathias Hoppe,
J. Horáček,
Z. Huang,
A. Iantchenko,
P. Innocente,
Klara Insulander Björk,
C. Ionita-Schrittweiser,
H. Isliker,
A. Jardin,
R. Jaspers,
Rasul Karimov,
A. Karpushov,
Yevgen Kazakov,
M. Komm,
M. Kong,
J. Kovačič,
Oleg Krutkin,
O. Kudláček,
Umesh Kumar,
R. Kwiatkowski,
B. Labit,
L. Laguardia,
J. T. Lammers,
E. Laribi,
E. Łaszyńska,
A. Lazaros,
O. Linder,
B. Linehan,
B. Lipschultz,
X. Llobet,
Joaquim Loizu,
T. Lunt,
E. Macúšová,
Y. Marandet,
M. Maraschek,
G. Marceca,
C. Marchetto,
Stefano Marchioni,
E. Marmar,
Yves Martin,
L. Martinelli,
F. Matos,
R. Maurizio,
M.L. Mayoral,
D. Mazon,
Vlado Menkovski,
A. Merle,
Gabriele Merlo,
H. Meyer,
Katarzyna Mikszuta-Michalik,
P. A. Molina Cabrera,
J. Moralès,
J.M. Moret,
A. Moro,
D. Moulton,
H. Muhammed,
O. Myatra,
Dmytry Mykytchuk,
F. Napoli,
R. D. Nem,
A. H. Nielsen,
M. Nocente,
S. Nowak,
Nicola Offeddu,
J. Olsen,
F. Orsitto,
O. Pan,
G. Papp,
A. Pau,
A. Perek,
F. Pesamosca,
Y. Peysson,
L. Pigatto,
C. Piron,
M. Poradziński,
L. Porte,
T. Pütterich,
M. Rabiński,
Harshita Raj,
Jesper Rasmussen,
G.A. Rattá,
T. Ravensbergen,
D. Ricci,
Paolo Ricci,
N. Rispoli,
Fabio Riva,
J. F. Rivero-Rodriguez,
M. Salewski,
O. Sauter,
Bundeskanzlers Schmidt,
R. Schrittweiser,
S. E. Sharapov,
U. Sheikh,
B. Sieglin,
M. Silva,
A. Smolders,
A. Snicker,
C. Sozzi,
M. Spolaore,
Adriano Stagni,
L. Stipani,
Guangyu Sun,
T. Tala,
P. Tamain,
K. Tanaka,
A. Tema Biwolé,
D. Terranova,
J. L. Terry,
D. Testa,
C. Theiler,
A. Thornton,
A. S. Thrysøe,
H. Torreblanca,
C. Tsui,
Dario Vaccaro,
M. Vallar,
M. van Berkel,
D. Van Eester,
R.J.R. van Kampen,
Simon Van Mulders,
K. Verhaegh,
Tom Verhaeghe,
N. Vianello,
F. Villone,
E. Viezzer,
Benjamin Vincent,
I. Voitsekhovitch,
N. M. T. Vu,
N. Walkden,
T. Wauters,
H. Weisen,
N. Wendler,
M. Wensing,
Fabien Widmer,
S. Wiesen,
M. Wischmeier,
Tijs Wijkamp,
D. Wünderlich,
C. Wüthrich,
Vadim Yanovskiy,
J. Żebrowski,
the EUROfusion MST Team
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
nuclear fusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.774
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1741-4326
pISSN - 0029-5515
DOI - 10.1088/1741-4326/ac369b
Subject(s) - divertor , tokamak , nuclear engineering , flexibility (engineering) , systems engineering , computer science , baffle , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering , nuclear physics , plasma , statistics , mathematics
The tokamak à configuration variable (TCV) continues to leverage its unique shaping capabilities, flexible heating systems and modern control system to address critical issues in preparation for ITER and a fusion power plant. For the 2019–20 campaign its configurational flexibility has been enhanced with the installation of removable divertor gas baffles, its diagnostic capabilities with an extensive set of upgrades and its heating systems with new dual frequency gyrotrons. The gas baffles reduce coupling between the divertor and the main chamber and allow for detailed investigations on the role of fuelling in general and, together with upgraded boundary diagnostics, test divertor and edge models in particular. The increased heating capabilities broaden the operational regime to include T e / T i ∼ 1 and have stimulated refocussing studies from L-mode to H-mode across a range of research topics. ITER baseline parameters were reached in type-I ELMy H-modes and alternative regimes with ‘small’ (or no) ELMs explored. Most prominently, negative triangularity was investigated in detail and confirmed as an attractive scenario with H-mode level core confinement but an L-mode edge. Emphasis was also placed on control, where an increased number of observers, actuators and control solutions became available and are now integrated into a generic control framework as will be needed in future devices. The quantity and quality of results of the 2019–20 TCV campaign are a testament to its successful integration within the European research effort alongside a vibrant domestic programme and international collaborations.