Abstract
A summary of results from recent L–H power threshold (PLH) experiments in the National Spherical Torus Experiment is presented. First PLH (normalized linearly by plasma density) was found to be a minimum in double-null configuration, tending to increase as the plasma was shifted more strongly towards lower- or upper-single null configuration with either neutral beam or rf heating. The measured PLH/ne was comparable with neutral beam or rf heating, suggesting that rotation was not playing a dominant role in setting the value of PLH. The role of triangularity (δbot) in setting PLH/ne is less clear: while 50% less auxiliary heating power was required to access H-mode at low δbot than at high δbot, the high δbot discharges had lower ohmic heating and higher dW/dt, leading to comparable loss of power over a range of δbot. In addition, the dependences of PLH on the density, species (helium versus deuterium), plasma current, applied non-axisymmetric error fields and lithium wall conditioning are summarized.
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