Effective Lower Hybrid Current Driving (LHCD) and improved confinement experiments in higher plasma parameters (Ip> 200 kA, ne > 2 ×1013 cm-3, Te≥1keV) have been curried out in optimized LH wave spectrum a...Effective Lower Hybrid Current Driving (LHCD) and improved confinement experiments in higher plasma parameters (Ip> 200 kA, ne > 2 ×1013 cm-3, Te≥1keV) have been curried out in optimized LH wave spectrum and plasma parameters in HT - 7 superconducting tokamak. The dependence of current driving efficiency on LH power spectrum, plasma density ne and toroidal magnetic field BT has been obtained under optimal conditions. A good CD efficiency was obtained at higher plasma current and higher electron density. The improvement of the energy confinement time is accompanied with the increase in line averaged electron density, and in ion and electron temperatures. The highest current driving efficiency reached CD = IpneR/PRF ~ 1.05 × 1019 Am-2/W. Wave-plasma coupling was sustained in a good state and the reflective coefficient was less than 5%. The experiments have also demonstrated the ability of LH wave in the start-up and ramp-up of the plasma current. The measurement of the temporal distribution of plasma parameter shows that lower hybrid leads to a broader profile in plasma parameter. The LH power deposition profile and the plasma current density profile were modeled with a 2D Fokker-Planck code corresponding to the evolution process of the hard x-ray detector array.展开更多
It has been found that lower hybrid waves excite various sawtooth oscillations duringthe HT-7 tokamak discharges. In this paper we present the results of lower hybrid current drive(LHCD) on sawtooth activity in a seri...It has been found that lower hybrid waves excite various sawtooth oscillations duringthe HT-7 tokamak discharges. In this paper we present the results of lower hybrid current drive(LHCD) on sawtooth activity in a series of experiments with 2.45 GHz, l MW LH system onHT-7 superconducting tokamak. In these experiments, usually LH power is between 200~ 400kW, and rf pulse in 5oO ms. Sometimes, the sawtooth oscillationis accompanied by a wide range of magnetohydrodynamic activity in the plasma central region,normally with a m = 1/n =1 mode. A LHCD partial suppression of sawtooth, a lengthebogsawtooth and a saturation of sawtooth oscillations are also observed during our experiments.展开更多
Lower hybrid current drive experiments on the HT-7 device have been carried out by scanning the following parameters: central line averaged electron density (ne = 0.6 - 2.0 × 1019m-3) and toroidal magnetic field ...Lower hybrid current drive experiments on the HT-7 device have been carried out by scanning the following parameters: central line averaged electron density (ne = 0.6 - 2.0 × 1019m-3) and toroidal magnetic field (Bt = 1.62 - 2.0 T). The dependence of current drive efficiency on these parameters has been studied and the experimental curves of current drive efficiency as a function of ne and Bt have also been obtained. From these experimental results, it can be seen that current drive efficiency rises with the increase of toroidal magnetic field. As plasma density increases, the current drive efficiency first increases to a certain value, then gradually decreases, that is, there exists an optimized density regime where a better drive efficiency can be obtained. The analysis shows that the current drive efficiency is mainly affected by wave accessibility and impurity concentration, and the competition of these two factors determines the current drive efficiency.展开更多
Modulation of lower hybrid current drive was used successfully to suppress MHD activity. This was achieved in discharges with MHD m = 2 tearing modes during the discharge conditions Ip = 110 kA, Bt = 1.75 T, ne0 - 1.1...Modulation of lower hybrid current drive was used successfully to suppress MHD activity. This was achieved in discharges with MHD m = 2 tearing modes during the discharge conditions Ip = 110 kA, Bt = 1.75 T, ne0 - 1.1 × 1013 cm-3. The delivering time of LHCD pulse is less then 30 μs. The amplitude, interval and the period of LHCD modulation pulse can be adjusted very conveniently. The modulation LHCD can be delivered very fast at any time during the discharge. The modulation LHCD period was always much shorter than the plasma resistive time (Tη ≈100 ms). So the profile of plasma current is changed much faster than the plasma resistive time. The different forms of LHCD modulating can be proved.展开更多
Ion Bernstein waves （IBWs） have been proposed to be useful for heating and improving transport in tokamak plasmas. An Ion Bernstein wave heating experiment using different frequency （27 MHz and 30 MHz） was carried...Ion Bernstein waves （IBWs） have been proposed to be useful for heating and improving transport in tokamak plasmas. An Ion Bernstein wave heating experiment using different frequency （27 MHz and 30 MHz） was carried out on HT-7 superconducting tokamak in recent experiments. At a frequency of 30 MHz, ne peaked and Ha dropped have been pervasively observed, Tp was improved by a factor of 2 - 4, and Te increased by a factor of 1 - 1.5. An obvious confinement of particle was observed during the IBW pulse. At 27MHz, both global and localized electron heating were observed depending on the location of the ion resonant layer by changing Bt. Central electron heating effect was obtained in the global heating mode and electron temperature strongly increased near the 2 ΩD resonant layer for localized heating mode.展开更多
Ramp-up experiments by means of lower hybrid wave on HT-7 superconducting tokamak have been performed and analyzed. A ramp-up rate of over 300 kA/s is obtained and a conversion efficiency of over 1.0% has been achieve...Ramp-up experiments by means of lower hybrid wave on HT-7 superconducting tokamak have been performed and analyzed. A ramp-up rate of over 300 kA/s is obtained and a conversion efficiency of over 1.0% has been achieved during the ramp-up phase. The study of the dependence of conversion efficiency on plasma density shows that the conversion efficiency is affected by the driven current, which is mainly dominated by the competition of impurity concentration with wave accessibility condition. In addition, the effect of current profile may play an important role in determining the conversion efficiency.展开更多
The structure and the characteristic power spectrum of a new lower hybrid wave antenna on the HT-7 tokamak are briefly described in this paper. The main experimental properties with the new antenna have been demonstra...The structure and the characteristic power spectrum of a new lower hybrid wave antenna on the HT-7 tokamak are briefly described in this paper. The main experimental properties with the new antenna have been demonstrated by showing the dependence of current drive efficiency and particle confinement time on phase difference between adjacent waveguides of the antenna. A few preliminary analyses about the experimental results are also discussed in the paper.展开更多
Lower hybrid waves (LHWs) with a selected n‖ spectrum have been used to control the energy deposition profiles, and then the wave driven current profiles effectively in tokamak discharges. In our lower hybrid current...Lower hybrid waves (LHWs) with a selected n‖ spectrum have been used to control the energy deposition profiles, and then the wave driven current profiles effectively in tokamak discharges. In our lower hybrid current drive experiment in the HT-7 tokamak, it was found that the set-up of the wave energy deposition profile is a graduation process. In the beginning phase of the wave injection duration, the waves (with different n‖ spectra)deposit almost all their energy in the central region of the plasma column, even if their n‖ are very different. Up to around one hundred milliseconds, the wave energy deposition profiles can only take their corresponding shapes according to the n‖ spectra of LHWs. It also shown that this evolution process is affected obviously by the LHW driven current profile, which has been formed early.展开更多
In this paper, the composition of HT-7 LHCD system along with its protection systems is introduced. It is very important for us to run the LHCD system safely and efficiently.
基金The project supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 19985005)
文摘Effective Lower Hybrid Current Driving (LHCD) and improved confinement experiments in higher plasma parameters (Ip> 200 kA, ne > 2 ×1013 cm-3, Te≥1keV) have been curried out in optimized LH wave spectrum and plasma parameters in HT - 7 superconducting tokamak. The dependence of current driving efficiency on LH power spectrum, plasma density ne and toroidal magnetic field BT has been obtained under optimal conditions. A good CD efficiency was obtained at higher plasma current and higher electron density. The improvement of the energy confinement time is accompanied with the increase in line averaged electron density, and in ion and electron temperatures. The highest current driving efficiency reached CD = IpneR/PRF ~ 1.05 × 1019 Am-2/W. Wave-plasma coupling was sustained in a good state and the reflective coefficient was less than 5%. The experiments have also demonstrated the ability of LH wave in the start-up and ramp-up of the plasma current. The measurement of the temporal distribution of plasma parameter shows that lower hybrid leads to a broader profile in plasma parameter. The LH power deposition profile and the plasma current density profile were modeled with a 2D Fokker-Planck code corresponding to the evolution process of the hard x-ray detector array.
文摘It has been found that lower hybrid waves excite various sawtooth oscillations duringthe HT-7 tokamak discharges. In this paper we present the results of lower hybrid current drive(LHCD) on sawtooth activity in a series of experiments with 2.45 GHz, l MW LH system onHT-7 superconducting tokamak. In these experiments, usually LH power is between 200~ 400kW, and rf pulse in 5oO ms. Sometimes, the sawtooth oscillationis accompanied by a wide range of magnetohydrodynamic activity in the plasma central region,normally with a m = 1/n =1 mode. A LHCD partial suppression of sawtooth, a lengthebogsawtooth and a saturation of sawtooth oscillations are also observed during our experiments.
文摘Lower hybrid current drive experiments on the HT-7 device have been carried out by scanning the following parameters: central line averaged electron density (ne = 0.6 - 2.0 × 1019m-3) and toroidal magnetic field (Bt = 1.62 - 2.0 T). The dependence of current drive efficiency on these parameters has been studied and the experimental curves of current drive efficiency as a function of ne and Bt have also been obtained. From these experimental results, it can be seen that current drive efficiency rises with the increase of toroidal magnetic field. As plasma density increases, the current drive efficiency first increases to a certain value, then gradually decreases, that is, there exists an optimized density regime where a better drive efficiency can be obtained. The analysis shows that the current drive efficiency is mainly affected by wave accessibility and impurity concentration, and the competition of these two factors determines the current drive efficiency.
基金The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 10275068 and 10075049)
文摘Modulation of lower hybrid current drive was used successfully to suppress MHD activity. This was achieved in discharges with MHD m = 2 tearing modes during the discharge conditions Ip = 110 kA, Bt = 1.75 T, ne0 - 1.1 × 1013 cm-3. The delivering time of LHCD pulse is less then 30 μs. The amplitude, interval and the period of LHCD modulation pulse can be adjusted very conveniently. The modulation LHCD can be delivered very fast at any time during the discharge. The modulation LHCD period was always much shorter than the plasma resistive time (Tη ≈100 ms). So the profile of plasma current is changed much faster than the plasma resistive time. The different forms of LHCD modulating can be proved.
基金The project supported by the Meg-science Engineering Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Ion Bernstein waves （IBWs） have been proposed to be useful for heating and improving transport in tokamak plasmas. An Ion Bernstein wave heating experiment using different frequency （27 MHz and 30 MHz） was carried out on HT-7 superconducting tokamak in recent experiments. At a frequency of 30 MHz, ne peaked and Ha dropped have been pervasively observed, Tp was improved by a factor of 2 - 4, and Te increased by a factor of 1 - 1.5. An obvious confinement of particle was observed during the IBW pulse. At 27MHz, both global and localized electron heating were observed depending on the location of the ion resonant layer by changing Bt. Central electron heating effect was obtained in the global heating mode and electron temperature strongly increased near the 2 ΩD resonant layer for localized heating mode.
文摘Ramp-up experiments by means of lower hybrid wave on HT-7 superconducting tokamak have been performed and analyzed. A ramp-up rate of over 300 kA/s is obtained and a conversion efficiency of over 1.0% has been achieved during the ramp-up phase. The study of the dependence of conversion efficiency on plasma density shows that the conversion efficiency is affected by the driven current, which is mainly dominated by the competition of impurity concentration with wave accessibility condition. In addition, the effect of current profile may play an important role in determining the conversion efficiency.
基金The project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 10205015)
文摘The structure and the characteristic power spectrum of a new lower hybrid wave antenna on the HT-7 tokamak are briefly described in this paper. The main experimental properties with the new antenna have been demonstrated by showing the dependence of current drive efficiency and particle confinement time on phase difference between adjacent waveguides of the antenna. A few preliminary analyses about the experimental results are also discussed in the paper.
文摘Lower hybrid waves (LHWs) with a selected n‖ spectrum have been used to control the energy deposition profiles, and then the wave driven current profiles effectively in tokamak discharges. In our lower hybrid current drive experiment in the HT-7 tokamak, it was found that the set-up of the wave energy deposition profile is a graduation process. In the beginning phase of the wave injection duration, the waves (with different n‖ spectra)deposit almost all their energy in the central region of the plasma column, even if their n‖ are very different. Up to around one hundred milliseconds, the wave energy deposition profiles can only take their corresponding shapes according to the n‖ spectra of LHWs. It also shown that this evolution process is affected obviously by the LHW driven current profile, which has been formed early.
文摘In this paper, the composition of HT-7 LHCD system along with its protection systems is introduced. It is very important for us to run the LHCD system safely and efficiently.
