Realization of minute-long steady-state H-mode discharges on EAST

被引:58
作者
Gong, Xianzu [1 ]
Wan, Baonian [1 ]
Li, Jiangang [1 ]
Qian, Jinping [1 ]
Li, Erzhong [1 ]
Liu, Fukun [1 ]
Zhao, Yanping [1 ]
Wang, Mao [1 ]
Xu, Handong [1 ]
Garofalo, A. M. [2 ]
Ekedah, Annika [3 ]
Ding, Siye [1 ]
Huang, Juan [1 ]
Zhang, Ling [1 ]
Zang, Qing [1 ]
Liu, Haiqing [1 ]
Zeng, Long [1 ]
Lin, Shiyao [1 ]
Shen, Biao [1 ]
Zhang, Bin [1 ]
Shao, Linming [1 ]
Xiao, Bingjia [1 ]
Hu, Jiansheng [1 ]
Hu, Chundong [1 ]
Hu, Liqun [1 ]
Wang, Liang [1 ]
Sun, Youwen [1 ]
Xu, Guosheng [1 ]
Liang, Yunfeng [1 ]
Xiang, Nong [1 ]
机构
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Plasma Phys, Hefei 230031, Peoples R China
[2] Gen Atom, San Diego, CA 92186 USA
[3] CEA, IRFM, F-13108 St Paul Les Durance, France
关键词
long pulse steady state; RF heating; H-mode; DESIGN; SYSTEM;
D O I
10.1088/2058-6272/19/3/032001
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
In the 2016 EAST experimental campaign, a steady-state long-pulse H-mode discharge with an ITER-like tungsten divertor lasting longer than one minute has been obtained using only RF heating and current drive, through an integrated control of the wall conditioning, plasma configuration, divertor heat flux, particle exhaust, impurity management, and effective coupling of multiple RF heating and current drive sources at high injected power. The plasma current (I-p similar to 0.45 MA) was fully-noninductively driven (V-loop < 0.0 V) by a combination of similar to 2.5MW LHW, similar to 0.4MW ECH and similar to 0.8MW ICRF. This result demonstrates the progress of physics and technology studies on EAST, and will benefit the physics basis for steady state operation of ITER and CFETR.
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