A preliminary analysis of plasma current quenching is presented in this paper based on the disruption database.It demonstrates that 26.8%of discharges have been disrupted in the last 2012 campaign,in addition,the plas...A preliminary analysis of plasma current quenching is presented in this paper based on the disruption database.It demonstrates that 26.8%of discharges have been disrupted in the last 2012 campaign,in addition,the plasma disruptive rate grows with the increase of plasma current.The best-fit linear and instantaneous plasma current quench rate is extracted from the recent EAST disruptions,showing that an 80%-30%interval of the maximum plasma current is well fit for the EAST device.The lowest area-normalized current quench time is 3.33 ms/m;with the estimated plasma electron temperature being 7.3 eV;9.5 eV.In the disruption case the maximum eddy current goes up to 400 kA,and a fraction of currents are respectively driven on the upper and lower outer plate with nearly 100 MPa-200 MPa stress in the leg.展开更多
基金supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China(Grant Nos.2014GB103000 and 2013GB102000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11205199 and 11205192)
文摘A preliminary analysis of plasma current quenching is presented in this paper based on the disruption database.It demonstrates that 26.8%of discharges have been disrupted in the last 2012 campaign,in addition,the plasma disruptive rate grows with the increase of plasma current.The best-fit linear and instantaneous plasma current quench rate is extracted from the recent EAST disruptions,showing that an 80%-30%interval of the maximum plasma current is well fit for the EAST device.The lowest area-normalized current quench time is 3.33 ms/m;with the estimated plasma electron temperature being 7.3 eV;9.5 eV.In the disruption case the maximum eddy current goes up to 400 kA,and a fraction of currents are respectively driven on the upper and lower outer plate with nearly 100 MPa-200 MPa stress in the leg.
