Particle pinch with fully noninductive lower hybrid current drive in Tore Supra

Recently, plasmas exceeding 4 min have been obtained with lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) in Tore Supra. These LHCD plasmas extend for over 80 times the resistive current diffusion time with zero loop voltage. Under such unique conditions the neoclassical particle pinch driven by the toroidal electric field vanishes. Nevertheless, the density profile remains peaked for more than 4 min. For the first time, the existence of an inward particle pinch in steady-state plasma without toroidal electric field, much larger than the value predicted by the collisional neoclassical theory, is experimentally demonstrated.     

东方超环上低杂波驱动等离子体环向旋转实验研究

旋转和旋转剪切能抑制磁流体不稳定性和增强等离子体约束.低杂波电流驱动作为未来聚变堆上可能的旋转驱动手段,探索低杂波在现有托卡马克装置上驱动等离子体旋转的驱动机制,可以为未来的聚变堆上旋转预测提供重要参考.在东方超环托卡马克装置上,早期发现了2.45 GHz的低杂波能有效驱动等离子体旋转的现象,认为是边界旋转的改变导致芯部旋转的同电流方向的增加造成的.更高频率下4.6 GHz低杂波电流驱动可以更有效地驱动同电流方向的等离子体旋转.本论文分析在欧姆背景等离子体下,不同功率的低杂波对等离子体环向旋转的影响,研究安全因子剖面变化对环向旋转的关系,利用功率调制获得了低杂波驱动旋转实验中的环向动量输运系数变化情况,发现环向动量扩散系数(χφ)、环向动量箍缩系数(Vpinch)的数值大小趋势是从芯部向靠外的区域逐渐变大.这与低杂波驱动环向旋转时,环向旋转速度由靠外的区域向芯部传递的特性吻合.     

托卡马克高场侧低杂波电流驱动模拟研究

利用GENRAY/CQL3D程序研究了EAST装置双零位形下高场侧和低场侧发射低杂波的电流驱动情况.模拟发现,电子密度较小时,高场侧低杂波电流驱动效果不如低场侧.随着电子密度的增加,高场侧低杂波电流驱动的优势逐渐显现,从高场侧发射的低杂波可以将能量沉积在更加靠近等离子体中心的位置.提高环向磁场强度有利于低杂波在高密度条...     

Toroidal rotation induced by 4.6 GHz lower hybrid current drive on EAST tokamak

Using a tangentially viewing x-ray imaging crystal spectrometer, substantial co-current rotation driven by lower hybrid current drive(LHCD) at 4.6 GHz is observed on EAST tokamak. This study presents plasma rotation behaviors with 4.6 GHz LHCD injection. Typically, the 10-20 km/s co-current rotation change and the transport of rotation velocity from edge to core are observed. The relationship between plasma parameters and rotation is also investigated, indicating that rotation decreases with increasing internal inductance(l_i) and increases with increasing safety factor(q_0). Hysteresis between rotation and T_e plasma stored energy is observed, suggesting different response times between the electron heating and rotation acceleration by LHCD. A comparison between the rotations driven by 4.6 G LHCD and 2.45 G LHCD on EAST is also presented, in which higher frequency LHCD could induce more rotation changes.     

低杂波控制电流分布与改善约束研究

在HT-7超导托卡马克装置上利用低杂波电流驱动有效地控制了等离子体电流分布,并使等离子体约束性能改善。数值模拟与硬X射线测量结果均表明,低杂波的发射功率谱、纵场和等离子体密度对改变等离子体电流分布有明显的影响。在优化低杂波电流驱动实验参数的条件下,等离子体密度、温度分布发生了理想的变化。在电子和离子温度分布上出现了内部输运垒,同时等离子体的能量约束时间和粒子约束时间均有提高。     

HT-7托卡马克大功率低混杂波电流驱动的实验研究

在HT-7超导托卡马克成功进行了大功率（P_LHW=100—800 kW,f=2.45 GHz）低混杂波电流驱动实验.研究了不同入射功率和等离子体密度下的低混杂波电流驱动效率.获得了以平均电子密度增加、氘阿尔法（D_α）线辐射减少为特征的粒子约束改善;粒子约束时间τ_p增加了约1.5倍.仔细研究了能量约束时间与等离子体密度和低混杂波功率的关系. 关键词： 托卡马克 低混杂波 约束改善 电流驱动效率     

Sawtooth-like electron density oscillations under laser blow-off and lower hybrid current drive in HL-1M tokamak

By using of a six-channel HCN laser interferometer, the sawtooth-like density oscillations without being exhibited in the ohmic phase plasma have been observed during lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) discharges in the HL-1M device. There are often accompanied by injected impurity with laser blow-off. Analyses show that this kind of density sawtooth-like oscillation comes from the mutual effect of LHCD and impurity. An available mechanism is the loss of superthermal electrons by the magnetic perturbation, which is caused by the crash of the central accumulated impurities.     

EAST低杂波电流驱动的数值模拟

应用改进后的低杂波电流驱动程序对EAST进行了低杂波电流驱动的数值模拟。通过模拟发现,波注入位置、功率谱、等离子体温度和密度对低杂波的功率沉积和电流驱动剖面分布有很大影响。通过选取合适的低杂波功率谱、等离子体温度和密度,可以实现对其功率沉积和电流驱动剖面分布的控制。     

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应用改进后的低杂波电流驱动程序对EAST进行了低杂波电流驱动的数值模拟。通过模拟发现,波注入位置、功率谱、等离子体温度和密度对低杂波的功率沉积和电流驱动剖面分布有很大影响。通过选取合适的低杂波功率谱、等离子体温度和密度,可以实现对其功率沉积和电流驱动剖面分布的控制。     

低杂波电流驱动中径向扩散效应的数值模拟

应用改进后的程序详细计算了不同径向扩散系数对低杂波电流驱动剖面分布的影响。通过计算发现:考虑径向扩散效应后,驱动电流分布变平展宽,电流驱动的分布随着扩散系数的增大逐渐向外层移动,由局域性分布演化成非局域性分布;驱动电流的大小和效率随着扩散系数的增大而降低。     

低杂波电流驱动下加热的数值模拟

应用作者最新改进的求解FOKKER-PLANK方程的程序,首次得到了低杂波电流驱动下的加热功率密度和加热功率.这些数值模拟结果不仅很好地解决了低杂波电流驱动中的功率平衡问题,而且也能为以后的托卡马克低杂波电流驱动实验提供一定的指导作用.     

低杂波电流驱动的数值模拟

通过求解二维FokkerPlanck方程,得到了HT7托卡马克低杂波驱动电流随时间的演化关系及其空间分布,理论值与实验结果基本符合,为HT7托卡马克实验提供了理论依据.通过解电流扩散方程,考虑了快电子的径向扩散效应对驱动电流的影响 关键词： 低杂波电流驱动 数值模拟 径向扩散     

低杂波电流驱动中径向扩散效应的数值模拟

应用改进后的程序详细计算了不同径向扩散系数对低杂波电流驱动剖面分布的影响。通过计算发现:考虑径向扩散效应后，驱动电流分布变平展宽，电流驱动的分布随着扩散系数的增大逐渐向外层移动，由局域性分布演化成非局域性分布；驱动电流的大小和效率随着扩散系数的增大而降低。     

Complete stabilization of neoclassical tearing modes with lower hybrid current drive on COMPASS-D. RF teams

Lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) with modest powers ( approximately 10% of the total power input) has been used for the first time to completely stabilize performance limiting neoclassical tearing modes in many COMPASS-D tokamak discharges. The stabilizing effect in these experiments is consistent with a reduction in the free energy available in the current profile to drive tearing modes (i.e., the stability index, delta(')) resulting from favorable current gradients (from the LHCD driven current) around the rational surface.     

Characteristics of electron cyclotron resonance plasma formed by lower hybrid current drive grill antenna

A 3.7 GHz system, which is meant for LHCD experiments on ADITYA tokamak, is used for producing ECR discharge. The ECR discharge is produced by setting the appropriate resonance magnetic field of 0.13 T, with hydrogen at a fill pressure of about 5 × 10⁻⁵ Torr. The RF power, up to 10 kW (of which ∼50% is reflected back), with a typical pulse length of 50 ms, is injected into the vacuum chamber of the ADITYA tokamak by a LHCD grill antenna and is used for plasma formation. The average coupled RF power density (the RF power/a typical volume of the plasma) is estimated to be ∼5 kW/m³. When the ECR appears inside the tokamak chamber for the given pumping frequency (f = 3.7 GHz) a plasma with a density (n _e) ∼ 4 × 10¹⁶ m⁻³ and electron temperature ∼8 eV is produced. The density and temperature during the RF pulse are measured by sets of Langmuir probes, located toroidally, on either side of the antenna. H_α signals are also monitored to detect ionization. An estimate of density and temperature based on simple theoretical calculation agrees well with our experimental measurements. The plasma produced by the above mechanism is further used to characterize the ECR-assisted low voltage Ohmic start-up discharges. During this part of the experiments, Ohmic plasma is formed using capacitor banks. The plasma loop voltage is gradually decreased, till the discharge ceases to form. The same is repeated in the presence of ECR-formed plasma (RF pre-ionization), formed 10 ms prior to the loop voltage. We have observed that (with LHCD-induced) ECR-assisted Ohmic start-up discharges is reliably and repeatedly obtained with reduced loop voltage requirement and breakdown time decreases substantially. The current ramp-up rates also decrease with reduced loop voltage operation. These studies established that ECR plasma formed with LHCD system exhibits similar characteristics as reported earlier by dedicated ECR systems. This experiment also addresses the issue of whether ECR plasma formed with grill antenna exhibits similar behavior as that formed by single waveguide ECR antenna. Our experimental observations suggest that the characteristics of (LHCD system-induced) ECR-assisted Ohmic start-up discharges show similar properties, reported earlier with normal ECR-assisted Ohmic start-up discharges and hence LHCD system may be used as ECR system at reduced toroidal magnetic field for other applications like wall conditioning.      

Investigation of lower hybrid current drive during H-mode in EAST tokamak

H-mode discharges with lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) alone are achieved in EAST divertor plasma over a wide parameter range. These H-mode discharges are characterized by a sudden drop in D_α emission and a spontaneous rise in main plasma density. Good lower hybrid (LH) coupling during H-mode is obtained by putting the plasma close to the antenna and by injecting D₂ gas from a pipe near the grill mouse. The analysis of lower hybrid current drive properties shows that the LH deposition profile shifts off axis during H-mode, and current drive (CD) efficiency decreases due to the increase in density. Modeling results of H-mode discharges with a general ray tracing code GENRAY are reported.     

Tokamak equilibria with reversed current density

Observations of nearly zero toroidal current in the central region of tokamaks (the "current hole") raises the question of the existence of toroidal equilibria with very low or reversed current in the core. The solutions of the Grad-Shafranov equilibrium equation with hollow toroidal current density profile including negative current density in the plasma center are investigated. Solutions of the corresponding eigenvalue problem provide simple examples of such equilibrium configurations. More realistic equilibria with toroidal current density reversal are computed using a new equilibrium problem formulation and computational algorithm which do not assume nested magnetic surfaces.     

HT-6B托卡马克参数下低杂波驱动电流的密度窗口

在简晰的物理模型下,采用数值方法,研究了HT-6B托卡马克参数下的低杂波射线轨迹,波谱移动,功率吸收和驱动电流分布。结果表明,存在着驱动电流的密度窗口,即仅在一定的等离子体密度范围内才能驱动电流(通常在理论和实验上仅注意到驱动电流的密度上限)。文中对这种密度窗口的存在给予了物理解释,并进而讨论了影响驱动电流效率的主要因素。 关键词：     

Study of Density Behavior During LHCD and IBW Heating in the HT-7 Superconducting Tokamak

A new method using special shape parameters has been introduced to study density behavior with synergy of lower hybrid current drive (LHCD) and ion Bernstein wave (IBW) heating in the HT-7 superconducting tokamak. During the synergy of the LHCD and IBW heating an improved confinement plasma was achieved, and the electron density was increased and peaked.     

低杂波电流驱动下HT-7超导托卡马克逃逸电子行为

 HT-7托卡马克的逃逸电子诊断系统由CdTe,BGO,Na三种探测器组成,可以用来观测逃逸电子撞击托卡马克第一壁材料产生的硬X射线轫致辐射,它的能量响应范围是0.3~1.5 MeV。结合电子回旋辐射、中子等诊断手段,研究了HT-7超导托卡马克在低杂波电流驱动下的逃逸电子行为。实验结果显示：高功率低杂波的关断和低功率低杂波的投入都会增强逃逸电子的产生,但是如果低杂波可以将等离子体环电压降低到逃逸的阈值电场以下,低杂波的投入就可以抑制电子的逃逸。逃逸电子的产生还和低杂波功率有着密切的关系,可以通过控制低杂波的投入和关断的时刻以及改变低杂波功率来抑制逃逸电子的产生。