Publications by Arsène Stéphane Tema Biwole

Experimental research on the TCV tokamak

Olivier Sauter, Ambrogio Fasoli, Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Yves Martin, Stefano Alberti, Ivo Furno, Duccio Testa, Patrick Blanchard, Holger Reimerdes

Tokamak à configuration variable (TCV), recently celebrating 30 years of near-continual operation, continues in its missions to advance outstanding key physics and operational scenario issues for ITER and the design of future power plants such as DEMO. The ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2024

Expulsion of runaway electrons using ECRH in the TCV tokamak

Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Cristian Sommariva, Laurie Porte, Joan Decker, Umar Sheikh, Luke Simons, Umesh Kumar, Jean Arthur Cazabonne, Arsène Stéphane Tema Biwole

Runaway electrons (REs) are a concern for tokamak fusion reactors from discharge startup to termination. A sudden localized loss of a multi-megaampere RE beam can inflict severe damage to the first wall. Should a disruption occur, the existence of a RE see ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2024

Cross-calibration and first vertical ECE measurement of electron energy distribution in the TCV tokamak

Ambrogio Fasoli, Stefano Coda, Joan Decker, Arsène Stéphane Tema Biwole

This paper describes the first vertical electron cyclotron emission measurement of non-thermal electron distributions in the Tokamak à Configuration Variable. These measurements were conducted in runaway electron scenarios and in the presence of electron c ...

2024

Measuring the electron energy distribution in tokamak plasmas from polarized electron cyclotron radiation

Arsène Stéphane Tema Biwole

In this doctoral thesis, a promising technique has been used for the measurement of non-thermal electrons in TCV. The technique employs a Vertical viewing ECE to more easily discriminate the radiation according to the energy of the electrons. Successful ...

EPFL2023

Overview of the TCV tokamak experimental programme

Olivier Sauter, Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Timothy Goodman, Jonathan Graves, Yves Martin, Jean-Marc Moret, Stefano Alberti, Ivo Furno, Duccio Testa

The tokamak a 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 c ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2022

Performance of a high vacuum, high temperature compatible millimeter-range viewing dump for the vertical ECE experiment on TCV

Ambrogio Fasoli, Laurie Porte, Arsène Stéphane Tema Biwole

A high vacuum and high temperature compatible viewing dump, made of MACOR, was designed and installed in TCV for Vertical ECE experiments in the 75-110 GHz frequency range. Measurements of the dump prior to installation in the tokamak showed in more than 9 ...

2021

Neural-network accelerated coupled core-pedestal simulations with self-consistent transport of impurities and compatible with ITER IMAS

Arsène Stéphane Tema Biwole

An integrated modeling workflow capable of finding the steady-state plasma solution with self-consistent core transport, pedestal structure, current profile, and plasma equilibrium physics has been developed and tested against a DIII-D discharge. Key featu ...

IOP Publishing Ltd2021

Suprathermal electron driven fishbone instability in the TCV tokamak

Stefano Coda, Jonathan Graves, Laurie Porte, Antoine Pierre Emmanuel Alexis Merle, Joan Decker, Dahye Choi, Arsène Stéphane Tema Biwole

Observations of fishbone oscillations driven by energetic electrons have been reported in several tokamaks, but experimental evidence of the interaction between electrons and the mode has remained limited. In the TCV tokamak, a state-of-the-art multi-chann ...

2019

Physics research on the TCV tokamak facility: from conventional to alternative scenarios and beyond

Olivier Sauter, Ambrogio Fasoli, Basil Duval, Stefano Coda, Timothy Goodman, Jonathan Graves, Yves Martin, Jean-Marc Moret, Stefano Alberti, Ivo Furno

IOP Publishing Ltd2019