An overview of lithium experiments on HT-7 and EAST during 2012

JS Hu, J Ren, Z Sun, GZ Zuo, QX Yang, JG Li… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In 2012, lithium coating with an upgraded system on EAST, the first application of lithium
granules injection for ELMs pacing on EAST, and the first flowing lithium limiter experiments …

Recent progress in the NSTX/NSTX-U lithium programme and prospects for reactor-relevant liquid-lithium based divertor development

M Ono, MA Jaworski, R Kaita, HW Kugel, JW Ahn… - Nuclear …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Develo** a reactor-compatible divertor has been identified as a particularly challenging
technology problem for magnetic confinement fusion. Application of lithium (Li) in NSTX …

Sheared flows and transition to improved confinement regime in the TJ-II stellarator

T Estrada, T Happel, L Eliseev… - Plasma Physics and …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Sheared flows have been experimentally studied in TJ-II plasmas. In low-density ECH
plasmas, sheared flows can be easily controlled by changing the plasma density, thereby …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges towards an acceleration in stellarator reactors engineering: The dual coolant lithium–lead breeding blanket helical-axis advanced stellarator case

I Palermo, J Alguacil, JP Catalán… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Under the ambitious EUROfusion mission of “bringing the stellarator line to technological
maturity”, the development of a Dual Coolant Lithium–Lead (DCLL) Breeding Blanket (BB) …

A simple apparatus for the injection of lithium aerosol into the scrape-off layer of fusion research devices

DK Mansfield, AL Roquemore, H Schneider… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2010 - Elsevier
A simple device has been developed to deposit elemental lithium onto plasma facing
components in the National Spherical Torus Experiment. Deposition is accomplished by …

ELM destabilization by externally applied non-axisymmetric magnetic perturbations in NSTX

JM Canik, R Maingi, TE Evans, RE Bell… - Nuclear …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We report on a recent set of experiments performed in NSTX to explore the effects of non-
axisymmetric magnetic perturbations on the stability of edge-localized modes (ELMs). The …

Confinement transitions in TJ-II under Li-coated wall conditions

J Sánchez, M Acedo, A Alonso, J Alonso… - Nuclear …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the latest results on confinement studies in the TJ-II stellarator. The
inherently strong plasma–wall interaction of TJ-II has been successfully reduced after lithium …

Influence of lithium coatings with large-area coverage on EAST plasma performance

Z Sun, JS Hu, GZ Zuo, J Ren, B Cao, JG Li… - Fusion Engineering and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the last two EAST campaigns, lithium coatings by oven evaporation were carried out as
a routine wall conditioning method and significant progresses has been achieved. By …

A flowing liquid lithium limiter for the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak

J Ren, GZ Zuo, JS Hu, Z Sun, QX Yang, JG Li… - Review of scientific …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A program involving the extensive and systematic use of lithium (Li) as a “first,” or plasma-
facing, surface in Tokamak fusion research devices located at Institute of Plasma Physics …

First liquid lithium limiter biasing experiments in the TJ-II stellarator

FL Tabarés, E Oyarzabal, D Tafalla… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2015 - Elsevier
Experiments aimed at understanding the effects of material properties on plasma edge
parameters in limiter biasing scenarios have been addressed in TJ-II under full lithium wall …