Hybrid Method for Tokamak MHD Equilibrium Configuration Reconstruction

A hybrid method for tokamak MHD equilibrium configuration reconstruction is proposed and employed in the modified EFIT code. This method uses the free boundary tokamak equilibrium configuration reconstruction algorithm with one boundary point fixed. The results show that the position of the fixed point has explicit effects on the reconstructed divertor configurations. In particular, the separatrix of the reconstructed divertor configuration precisely passes the required position when the hybrid method is used in the reconstruction. The profiles of plasma parameters such as pressure and safety factor for reconstructed HL-2A tokamak configurations with the hybrid and the free boundary methods are compared. The possibility for applications of the method to swing the separatrix strike point on the divertor target plate is discussed.     

Current Density Profile Measurements in the Proto-Cleo Torsatron

Current density profile measurements were obtained in the Proto-Cleo torsatron (R = 40 cm, a = 5 cm, I = 3, BT = 3 kG, n? ~ 1011 cm-3, Te ~ 20 eV) by using a small back-to-back flat double probe. Three different operating circuits used with this probe are presented, along with experimental results, all showing good agreement. Current is seen to flow only within the separatrix, in channels which follow the magnetic surfaces as they move radially inward with time due to changing vertical magnetic flux.     

Computational Study of MHD Equilibrium of Noncircular Tokamak Reactor Plasmas

The MHD equilibrium and stability of noncircular tokamak plasmas limited by a separatrix is studied for reactor size systems. A typical example with a plasma current of 15.8 MA and major radius of 8.1 is presented. The required vertical field is generated by a set of discrete external coils and no conducting shell is included. The detailed equilibrium shape is calculated numerically for a vertical elongated plasma with two stagnation points symmetrically located above and below the midplane as would be required for a system with a poloidal divertor. The plasma height to width ratio is 2, the plasma shape factor is 1.6 and poloidal ? is 2.2. The plasma is locally stable. The general stability criteria with respect to quasi-rigid motions (special kink modes) are calculated numerically and found to be satisfied. Size scaling and the engineering constraints are discussed.     

Modular Coils: A Promising Toroidal Coil System

The concept of modular coils originated from a need to find reactor-relevant stellarator windings. Considerations of 1) basic principles of modular coils, 2) types of coils, 3) types of configurations (general, helically symmetric, helically asymmetric, with magnetic well, with magnetic hill), 4) types of rotational transform profile, and 5) structure and origin of ripples are given. These results show that modular coils can offer a wide range of vacuum magnetic field configurations, some of which cannot be obtained with the classical stellarator or torsatron coil configuration.     

HL-2A 装置偏滤器改造的初步设计

根据HL- 2A 装置的结构特点, 提出了HL- 2A 装置偏滤器系统改造的基本方向。对HL- 2A 极向场线圈系统进行了优化设计, 计算了单零平衡位形, 进行了开放式偏滤器的结构设计, 并对新的偏滤器系统进行了热分析和结构分析。结果表明, 新的偏滤器系统新的偏滤器系统能够满足具有一定拉长比和三角形变的等离子体放电要求。     

HL-2A极向场线圈系统的优化设计

通过对原ＡＳＤＥＸ极向场线圈系统进行改造,优化设计出ＨＬ－２Ａ极向场线圈系统,模拟计算了磁场位形演化并估算了伏秒消耗。改造后的极向场线圈系统能够形成８００ｋＡ的等离子体电流,并能产生拉长截面的等离子体偏滤器的位形。分析了改造后的极向场线圈系统的电磁特征,计算了单零,双零及Ｄ形限制器三种等离子体平衡位形。     

Governing conditions of repeatable Barkhausen noise response

The paper is devoted to the establishment of experimental conditions, which ensure the repeatability of magnetic Barkhausen noise testing in practice. For this task, the measurements were performed on open flat samples using different experimental configurations, including: different magnetization frequencies, sampling rates, and filter cut-off frequencies; using a sample-wrapped coil and using attached pick-up coils of various dimensions, with different lift-offs of a single yoke magnet and of the attached coil. The sample magnetization was controlled by a vertical array of three Hall sensors; their readings were extrapolated to the sample surface to precisely define its field. After analysis of the results, a scheme for an optimized sensor with a controlled field waveform was suggested to improve the measurement repeatability. The important issues of signal processing and parameter applicability were also discussed in detail.     

Significance of the Radial Electric Field to Divertor Load Asymmetries

JET divertor load measurements using embedded thermocouples have indicated a large target asymmetry and non-uniformities in the loads and that, under H-mode conditions, the load is dominated by the ion component. ASCOT simulations of the ion contribution to JET divertor loads are consistent with the presence of a large outward radial electric field E _r in the scrape-off layer (SOL) next to the separatrix. Such a field would provide an explanation for observed features of the divertor loads in JET. The required field for getting the correct in/out asymmetry is within the range of the estimated SOL E _r in JET, but reproducing the experimental heat deposition profiles requires higher field values.     

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利用TSC程序对HL-2M装置的纯欧姆放电参数进行了首次数值放电模拟,证实了极向场线圈系统具有实现预设的宏观等离子体参数的能力。数值放电模拟还利用基本的位移控制和等离子体电流控制系统实现了从孔栏位形到下单零偏滤器位形的稳定演变。模拟提供的一些主要结果为工程和物理目标设计提供重要的参考。     

A Modular Stellarator Divertor

Modular stellarators, like continuous-helix steliarators, are characterized by a magnetic limiter and built-in divertor. We have found this divertor to be modular in nature. The magnetic structure of the divertor has been studied numerically for several different configurations. The divertor consists of a number of small localized flux bundles which resemble bundle divertors distributed over the torus. The impact of the divertor system on experimental design and a conceptual reactor study has been investigated in some detail.     

HL-2A单零偏滤器的位形特征

利用积分方法对多种电流剖面下HL2A装置单零偏滤器位形特征进行了计算研究。积分方法的优点是可以在任意电流剖面下求解具有X-点的自由边界的Grad-Shafranov方程。对HL2A装置而言,大体上可以在合理设定的分界面形状下,经几次叠代计算出各组极向场线圈(垂直场,三对多极场和多极补偿场以及水平场)中的电流。HL-2A的单零偏滤器位形基本上是圆截面加上在X-点附近的局部形变。对刮离区和偏滤器靶板区磁力线特性进行了分析以确定偏滤器的品质。     

Measurement of natural plasma flow along the field lines in the scrape-Off layer on the JT-60U divertor tokamak

The plasma profile and parallel plasma flow in the scrape-off layer (SOL) were systematically measured using reciprocating Mach probes installed at the outer midplane and near the divertor magnetic null (x point) in the JT-60U tokamak with a single null divertor. For the ion vertical drift due to the toroidal magnetic field gradient (ion nablaB drift) directed towards the divertor, SOL plasma flow along the magnetic field lines away from the divertor ("flow reversal") was discovered at the midplane far from the divertor. A quantitative evaluation of the ion "Pfirsch-Schluter flow," wherein the parallel flow is naturally produced in a toroidal plasma, was consistent with the measurement.     

Study of multiple impurity seeding effect using SONIC integrated divertor code for JT-60SA plasma prediction

In order to study the potential impurity seeding operation regime of the future fusion devices, the first application of the integrated divertor code SONIC to the Ar + Ne mixed-impurity seeding operation of JT-60SA steady-state high-β plasma has been carried out. In the case, Ne is added to Ar-only seeding, the separatrix electron density has fell into the desired low separatrix electron density of the scenario. This is mainly because the D⁺ flow velocity towards the inner divertor has been increased by the Ne seeding. The resultant friction force transports Ar impurities towards the inner divertor region, while impurities are stagnated in the top of scrape-off layer (SOL) in the Ar-only seeding case. The higher impurity radiation power in the divertor regions and lower one in the SOL region above the X point have been obtained in mixed-impurity seeding cases, which show similar tendency as the Ar + Ne mixed-impurity seeding experiment in JT-60 U. At the core edge, Z_eff has been slightly increased and the radiation power has been decreased as the Ne seeding rate increases. The core plasma/impurity transport has been also evaluated by the TOPICS code using the impurity density at the core edge computed by the SONIC as a boundary parameter. The results show lower Z_eff and radiation power, and higher electron temperature in the core in the mixed-impurity seeding cases. Above possible contributors to the better energy confinement indicate that the mixed-impurity seeding operation might be more effective than Ar-only seeding operation.     

Tokamak residual zonal flow level in near-separatrix region

Residual zonal flow level is calculated for tokamak plasmas in the near-separatrix region of a diverted tokamak. A recently developed method is used to construct an analytic divertor tokamak configuration. It is shown that the residual zonal flow level becomes smaller but still keeps finite near the separatrix because the neoclassical polarisation mostly due to the trapped particles goes larger in this region.     

Structure-Induced Phase Transitions in Classic Systems of Dipoles: Unequal Kagome,Truncated Square,and Prismatic Pentagonal Lattices

Several magnetic compounds owe their properties to the particular nature of the dipole–dipole interaction. Changes induced in their structure will vary the total interaction energy in nontrivial fashions. In the present work, systems of identical particles possessing dipole moments arranged on various types of 2D structures are studied. By continuously varying a structural parameter, the state of minimum energy will favor distinct dipole configurations, giving rise to different phases. The ultimate goal is to quantitatively address the relation existing between the minimum possible energy for different systems of classic dipoles and the concomitant dipole phases that appear. The systems of dipoles considered here are studied in detail for the first time. With the exploration, new light will be shed on the existence of structural phase transitions in classical systems even at zero temperature, changes induced by the variation of a continuous parameter, and not the temperature, that resemble the ones occurring in quantum phase transitions.     

Acoustic noise simulation and measurement of a gradient insert in a 4 T MRI

High speed switching of current in gradient coils within high magnetic field strength magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners results in high acoustic sound pressure levels (SPL) in and around these machines. Many studies have already been conducted to characterize the sound field in and around MRIs and various methods have been investigated to attenuate the noise generated. In the work presented here a computational vibro-acoustic model was developed based on an iteratively modified and validated finite element (FE) model to characterize the acoustic noise properties of the gradient coil. The simulation results from the computational model were verified through experimental noise measurement for the gradient coil insert in a 4 T MRI scanner by using swept sinusoidal time waveform inputs. Comparisons show that the computational model predicts the noise characteristic properties extremely accurately. There are three dominant frequency bands where the SPL is much higher than those at other frequencies. The SPL in the horizontal direction is much higher than that in the vertical direction due to the excitation to the horizontally placed X coil. The SPL to the inner surface of the coil is higher than far from the inner surface, which proves that the acoustic noise is radiated from the inner surface and primarily caused by the normal vibration of the inner surface. Further verification was conducted by using two types of trapezoidal sequence inputs usually used, which is to simulate real scanning sequences for small animals. Again the accuracy of the developed model is verified. The validated acoustic computational model could be used as an effective method to predict the noise that would be produced by a coil in the design stage. Modification of the structural design or the excitation pulse could be performed to reduce the acoustic noise when the gradient coil is in scanning.     

Numerical analysis of high Mach flow and flow reversal in the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak divertor

The B2-Eirene (SOLPS 4.0) code package is used to investigate the plasma parallel flow, i.e., the scrape-off layer (SOL) flow, in the experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) divertor. Simulation results show that the SOL flow in the divertor region can exhibit complex behaviour, such as a high Mach flow and flow reversal in different plasma regimes. When the divertor plasma is in the detachment state, the high Mach flow with approaching or exceeding sonic speed is observed away from the target plate in our simulation. When the divertor plasma is in the high recycling state, the flow reversal with a small Mach number (|M|< 0.2) is observed near the X-point along the separatrix region. The driving mechanisms for the high Mach flow and the reversed flow are analysed theoretically through momentum and continuity equations, respectively. The profile of the ionization sources is shown to be a possible formation condition causing the complex behaviour of the SOL flow. In addition, the effects of the high Mach flow and the flow reversal on the impurity transport are also discussed in this paper.     

HL-2A装置偏滤器位形超声分子束注入深度观测

用22道Hα辐射测量阵列观测了HL-2A装置偏滤器位形超声分子束的注入过程。观测结果表明：在HL-2A装置偏滤器位形下,当分子束注入气源压强大于1MPa时,Hα辐射沿径向分布存在两个峰值,其第二个Ha辐射峰值位于r/a~0.8附近,表明大部分氢粒子在等离子体边缘(SOL区域)即被离解或电离,但仍有部分氢粒子沉积在分界面内5cm。     

THz-waves channeling in a monolithic saddle-coil for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization enhanced NMR

A saddle coil manufactured by electric discharge machining (EDM) from a solid piece of copper has recently been realized at EPFL for Dynamic Nuclear Polarization enhanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance experiments (DNP-NMR) at 9.4 T. The corresponding electromagnetic behavior of radio-frequency (400 MHz) and THz (263 GHz) waves were studied by numerical simulation in various measurement configurations. Moreover, we present an experimental method by which the results of the THz-wave numerical modeling are validated. On the basis of the good agreement between numerical and experimental results, we conducted by numerical simulation a systematic analysis on the influence of the coil geometry and of the sample properties on the THz-wave field, which is crucial in view of the optimization of DNP-NMR in solids.