Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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272886 | Fusion Engineering and Design | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
This paper summarizes the different wall conditioning strategies applied in the TJ-II stellarator since the operational starting in 1997. In a first stage (1997–2001) the all-metal machine (stainless steel) was conditioned by He glow discharge. This procedure allowed an acceptable density control in low power ECRH plasmas. The boronization of TJ-II (starting in 2001) led to obtain low Z plasmas with high ECRH injected power, but the density control under NBI injection was not possible. Finally, the coating of the boronized walls with a lithium thin film has allowed to obtain high reproducible NBI plasmas with good density control.
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Authors
D. Tafalla, F.L. Tabares, J.A. Ferreira,