HL-2A装置上超声分子束注入触发L-H转换的实验研究

利用具有定向速度的超声分子束注入技术,研究了HL-2A装置在较低加热功率条件下实现L-H转换的等离子体放电特征,从边缘密度分布的差异比较分析了普通送气和超声分子束注入对L-H转换的影响.实验结果表明,HL-2A装置上采用超声分子束注入可直接触发L-H转换,明显降低L-H转换功率.通过对大量实验数据的分析和整理发现,利用超声分子束注入实现L-H转换的最低加热功率,比同等条件下采用普通送气实现L-H转换的最低加热功率减少约10％.     

HL-2A装置送气和加料的脱靶特性

HL-2A装置辐射偏滤器实验采用边缘补充送气和分子束加料等方法来提高主等离子体密度,降低边缘等离子体温度、增加辐射功率分额,获得脱靶等离子体。偏滤器室内进行主动补充送气或者注入惰性气体杂质,降低偏滤器等离子体温度,获得脱靶等离子体,并首次获得了超声分子束注入产生脱靶等离子体的实验结果。利用HL-2A装置偏滤器同一极向截面内外中性化板上安装的嵌入式探针阵列和偏滤器室安装的电动探针系统,测量了偏滤器靶板上和偏滤器室的等离子体参数及其分布,并进行了相关分析和改善约束以及偏滤器脱靶等离子体运行模式下等离子体行为的研究。     

HL-2A装置超声分子束注入初步结果

HL-2A装置是我国第一个带偏滤器的托卡马克装置，于2002年投入运行。该装置的主要参数为：R=1．65m，n=0．4m，BT=2．8T，Ip=0．48MA，带有上、下对称的封闭式偏滤器。目前，HL-2A装置运行下单零偏滤器，为下一步改进偏滤器位形进行基础性研究。带有液氮冷阱的超声分子束注入系统首次安装并运行于2004年。初步实验结果是，多脉冲分子束注入用于封闭式偏滤器功能的演示和检验；多脉冲分子束注入HL-2A等离子体引起冷脉冲和密度扰动向中心传播。     

HL—1装置脉冲送气控制等离子体密度实验

本文描述HL-1装置用脉冲送气控制等离子体密度的实验。其结果表明等离子体建立后工作气体的快速注入(即边缘加料)能提高等离子体密度,改善等离子体性能。在较好地控制装置放电条件后(主要是等离子体电流,位移和杂质控制),多脉冲或长脉冲补充送气能在较宽范围内(0.8—7.0×10~(19)·m~(-3))有效地控制等离子体密度及波形,装置稳定运行区域大为扩展。最后讨论了器壁再循环对密度控制的影响和送气的加料效率。     

分子束注入期间的冷脉冲传播现象

分子束注入（MBI）是一种新的托卡马克加料方法，其已成功地在HL-1M装置上开发，并应用于HL-2A装置。分子束注入在改善等离子体约束性能方面具有很多优点，如形成密度峰化，提高能量约束时间等。在过去的分子束注入实验中，发现了一些很有物理意义的现象。但是到目前为止，分子束注入的机制还不是很清楚。     

强场和弱场侧超声分子束注入对加料的影响

报道了HL-2A装置最新的实验结果,讨论并研究了超声分子束的注入位置对分子束在等离子体中的消融和穿透的影响,其中包括电离后的分子束粒子在磁场梯度作用和 E × B 漂移下的加速或减速及由此形成的冷通道效应.研究结果表明,磁场梯度和 E × B 漂移对于超声分子束的加料效果、消融和穿透有着重要的作用.强场侧注入可使电离后的电子和离子更深地进入等离子体芯部.这些研究对于更好地理解超声分子束与等离子体的相互作用和优化设计加料系统有一定作用.     

HL—1M装置的密度极限研究

描述了ＨＬ－１Ｍ 装置欧姆加热状态下的密度极限,该密度极限是放电破裂前的最高密度值。通过比较氘、氢放电,硅化前后的放电,超声分子束注入、冰弹丸注入和脉冲送气放电,发现ＨＬ－１Ｍ装置的壁条件、加料方式以及氢同位素对ＨＬ－１Ｍ 装置的密度极限影响很大。产生密度极限破裂的原因主要是等离子体约束变差,总体辐射损失与欧姆加热功率平衡被破坏     

HL—1M多脉冲分子束注入的CCD摄像

HL－1M装置实现了一种新的气体加料改善约束的方法－分子束注入（用多脉冲高速分子束注入加料）。多脉冲分子束注入加料可以控制等离子体密度分布、改善约束性能和提高密度极限。HL－1M托卡马克的多脉冲分子束注入得到了高的加料效率、改进了能量约束并维持了较高的密度峰化截面。分子束加料τE的改善和Qn 值的增加可与HL－１M装置的小弹丸注入和ASDEX的小弹丸注入结果相比拟。脉冲高速分子束是由高压氢分子气体通过拉瓦尔（Laval)喷口形成的。在实验中CCD相机可以用于研究分子束与离子体相互作用的许多复杂物理现象,用它拍摄分子束在等离子体中的辐射云照片是研究分子束辐射过程极其有效的手段。     

HL-1M装置高气压超声分子束加料效果

超声分子束注入作为一种新的托卡马克加料方法,已成功地开发和应用于环流器新一号(HL1M)和超导托卡马克HT7.近期开展的高气压超声分子束注入实验,在束流中发现了团簇流,其注入等离子体深度超过17cm.电子密度上升率接近于小型冰弹丸加料.多脉冲超声分子束注入形成电子密度阶梯形上升,类似于多弹丸加料效果,电子温度剖面呈中空分布.描述了在HL1M装置同一次欧姆放电等离子体中超声分子束与冰弹丸加料效果的实验比较. 关键词： 超声分子束 托卡马克 团簇 加料     

HL-2A托卡马克超声分子束注入深度和加料效果研究

超声分子束注入深度与加料效率是分子束加料研究中的基本课题.在近期开展的超声分子束注入实验中，发现分子束注入深度与等离子体电子温度和密度、分子束源的气压和温度有直接关系，获得了分子束注入深度的定标律.在低温气体源(液氮冷却)的分子束注入实验中，发现分子束流中形成了团簇，其注入深度超过30 cm，分析了在低温气源分子束注入实验中的团簇现象. 关键词： 超声分子束注入 注入深度 加料效率 团簇     

Density and impurity profile behaviours in HL-2A tokamak with different gas fuelling methods

The electron density profile peaking and the impurity accumulation in the HL-2A tokamak plasma are observed when three kinds of fuelling methods are separately used at different fuelling particle locations. The density profile becomes more peaked when the line-averaged electron density approaches the Greenwald density limit n_G and, consequently, impurity accumulation is often observed. A linear increase regime in the density range n_e< 0.6n_G and a saturation regime in n_e > 0.6n_G are obtained. There is no significant difference in achieved density peaking factor f_ne between the supersonic molecular beam injection (SMBI) and gas puffing into the plasma main chamber. However, the achieved f_ne is relatively low, in particular, in the case of density below 0.7n_G, when the working gas is puffed into the divertor chamber. A discharge with a density as high as 1.2n_G, i.e. n_e = 1.2n_G, can be achieved by SMBI just after siliconization as a wall conditioning. The metallic impurities, such as iron and chromium, also increase remarkably when the impurity accumulation happens. The mechanism behind the density peaking and impurity accumulation is studied by investigating both the density peaking factor versus the effective collisionality and the radiation peaking versus density peaking.     

Simulation of helium supersonic molecular beam injection in tokamak plasma

To study helium(He) supersonic molecular beam injection(SMBI) into H-mode tokamak plasma, a simplified multicomponent-plasma model under the assumption of quasi-neutral condition is developed and implemented in the frame of BOUT ++. The simulation results show that He species propagate inwards after He SMBI, and are deposited at the bottom of the pedestal due to intensive ionization and weak spreading speed. It is found that almost all injected helium particles strip off all the bounded electrons. He species interact intensively with background plasma along the injection path during He SMBI, making deuterium ion density profile drop at the He-deposited location and resulting in a large electron temperature decreasing, but deuterium ion temperature decreasing a little at the top of the pedestal.     

The first results of divertor discharge and supersonic molecular beam injection on the HL-2A tokamak

HL-2A tokamak is the first tokamak with divertors in China. The plasma boundary and the position of the striking point on the target plates of the HL-2A closed divertor were simulated by the current filament code and they were in agreement with the diagnostic results in the divertor. Supersonic molecular beam injection (SMBI) system was first installed and tested on the HL-2A tokamak in 2004. In the present experiment low pressure SMBI fuelling on the HL-2A closed divertor was carried out. The experimental results indicate that the divertor was operated in the `linear regime' and during the period of SMB pulse injection into the HL-2A plasma the power density convected at the target plate surfaces was 0.4 times of that before or after the beam injection. It is a useful fuelling method for decreasing the heat load on the neutralizer plates of the divertor.     

Favourable scenarios established by SMBI for the realization of the ELMy H-mode at HL-2A

The ELMy H-mode plasmas realized with the supersonic molecular beam injection(SMBI) are studied in relation to the energy confinement and the heating power for the L–H transition(P_(L-H) ) in the HL-2A tokamak. A database is assembled for this study based on the ELMy H-mode discharges during the experimental campaigns in the period 2009–2013at the HL-2A tokamak. The statistical results show that the SMBI is favourable for reaching the H-mode by reducing the heating power at the L–H transition and for the H-mode performance by improving the energy confinement compared with the ordinary gas puffing(GP). The reduction of P_(L-H) is about 20% when the density is low, and the energy confinement enhancement factor of H_(H98y2)= τ_E/τ_(th,98y2) ≈ 1.5 is achieved with the SMBI. Note that in the database the density dependence of P_(L-H) is non-monotonic with the ˉne,min≈ 3×10~(19) m~(-3) at which the P_(L-H) is minimum. Most of P_(L-H) data are on the low density branch where the P_(L-H) increases with the decrease in density. The minimum of the P_(L-H) in HL-2A is comparable to the ITPA multi-machine threshold power scaling P_(thr■scal08). The physics behind the reduction of the P_(L-H) with the SMBI is also investigated in relation to the change of the density gradient at the plasma edge, the gas fuelling efficiency, and the recycling.     

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对HL-2A装置限制器位形和偏滤器位形下放电气体分别为氘和氦时的等离子体热辐射测量结果做了初步分析,分析结果表明：在偏滤器室注入惰性气体能够有效的降低到达靶板的热辐射;超声分子束注入时,观测到注入粒子在等离子体中输运过程;氦放电时的辐射比值明显高于氘放电时的比值;真空室器壁的处理能够有效地降低辐射损失,硅化对器壁条件的改善效果明显。     

Determination of the deuterium temperature profile in magnetic fusion plasmas

Summary A new experimental method for determining the radial deuterium temperature profileT _D(R) in axisymmetrical toroidal fusion plasmas is presented. The method is based on a generalized Abel inversion of neutron brightness data providing the radial neutron emissivity profile of the plasma. This profile, combined with information on the deuterium density profile, is used to determineT _D(R) under the assumption that the ion velocity distribution is Maxwellian. Results are presented here from the analysis of JET data. It is found that, for typical JET plasma conditions, the dominant source of uncertainty arises from the high plasma impurity level and the fact that it is poorly known; these problems can be expected to be remedied and neutron brightness measurements would be expected to be very effective (especially in high-density plasmas) as aT _D(R) diagnostics.     

HL-2A充气弹丸注入加料的数值模拟研究

为了提高 HL-2A 等离子体中弹丸加料深度和加料效率,研制了新型充气弹丸注入加料方法。忽略 充气弹丸非加料包层的烧蚀过程,在 HL-2A 托卡马克位形下,应用 Trans-neut 程序对沉积在径向归一化磁通ψ=0.9 位置处的充气弹丸输运特性及其与本底等离子体自洽的相互作用过程进行了二维数值模拟研究,给出了加料粒子 和本底等离子体剖面的时空演化。发现氘离子在弹丸加料位置的径向内侧沉积、峰化,在径向扩散作用下,芯部 密度不断增加。在加料期间,加料点的离子温度和电子温度降低的区域不断扩展,电子温度剖面在极向上的演化 过程要快于离子温度剖面的演化过程。弹丸沉积位置的归一化分子数密度和径向分布宽度先减小后增加,与加料 处的分子分解源项(即分子密度损失率)先增加而后减小呈负相关。     

Measurement of the compressibility of a deuterium plasma at a pressure of 1800 GPa

The thermodynamic properties of a highly compressed deuterium plasma have been measured using an explosive spherical experimental chamber. The experiment has been performed with an X-ray diffraction complex consisting of three betatrons and a multichannel optoelectronic system of the detection of X-ray images of the process of the explosive spherical compression of deuterium. The density of the shock-compressed deuterium plasma ρ = (4.3 ± 0.7) g/cm³ at the pressure P = 1830 GPa has been detected at the initial pressure of gaseous deuterium P ₀ = 267 atm and the temperature T ₀ = 10.5°C. Under such conditions, the plasma is strongly nonideal (Γ ～ 450) with the degenerate (nλ _e ³ ～ 280) electron component and with an electron density of about 2.8 × 10²³ cm^?3.