Abstract: | During the first two years of operation, the TCV tokamak has produced a large variety of plasma shapes and magnetic configurations, with 1.0B
tor1.46T,I
p800kA,k2.05, –0.71. A new shape control algorithm, based on a finite element reconstruction of the plasma current in real time, has been implemented. Vertical growth rates up to 1000s–1 have been stabilized using the external coil system. Ohmic H-modes with Troyon factors (
tor
aB/I
p) up to two and densities up to 2.25×1020m–3, corresponding to the Greenwald limit, have been obtained in diverted discharges. Limiter H-modes with line averaged electron densities up to 1.7×1020m–3 have been obtained in elongated D-shaped plasmas with 360 kAI
P600 kA.Presented at 17th Symposium Plasma Physics and Technology, Prague, June 13–16, 1995.This work was partly supported by the Fonds National Suisse de la Recherche Scientifique. |