Quasi-steady-state ac plasma current operation in HT-7 tokamak

被引：26

作者：

Li, Jiangang ^{[1
]}

Luo, Jiarong ^{[1
]}

Wang, Shaojie ^{[1
]}

Fu, Peng ^{[1
]}

Shen, Biao ^{[1
]}

Liu, Fukun ^{[1
]}

Wan, Baonian ^{[1
]}

Shan, Jiafang ^{[1
]}

Xu, Guosheng ^{[1
]}

Huang, Juan ^{[1
]}

Yu, Jun ^{[1
]}

Hu, Jiansheng ^{[1
]}

Yuan, Qiping ^{[1
]}

Hu, Yeming ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Plasma Phys, Hefei 230031, Peoples R China

来源：

NUCLEAR FUSION | 2007年 / 47卷 / 09期

关键词：

ALTERNATING-CURRENT OPERATION; STOR-M TOKAMAK; CURRENT REVERSAL; CT-6B TOKAMAK; DISCHARGES;

D O I：

10.1088/0029-5515/47/9/001

中图分类号：

O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];

学科分类号：

070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;

摘要：

A quasi-steady-state alternating current operation assisted by lower hybrid wave (LHW) was achieved on a HT-7 superconducting tokamak with plasma current of I-p = 125 kA, line-averaged density of 1.5 x 10(19) M-3, electron temperature of T-e = 500 eV and 30-50 s plasma duration. Plasma current was sustained and smoothly transferred from one direction to the other without loss of ionization. Plasma position control, LHW assistance, strong gas puffing and good wall condition are the key issues to have a smooth transition of plasma current. Our modelling results show that current reversal equilibrium configuration with two oppositely flowing currents in the high-field-side and the low-field-side during current reversal exists. This is in agreement with experimental measurements.

引用

页码：1071 / 1077

页数：7

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