Lower hybrid wave （LHW）-plasma coupling and lower hybrid current drive （LHCD） experiments in divertor, including single-null and double-null, and limiter configurations were conducted systematically in EAST. A max...Lower hybrid wave （LHW）-plasma coupling and lower hybrid current drive （LHCD） experiments in divertor, including single-null and double-null, and limiter configurations were conducted systematically in EAST. A maximum power for launched LHW is 1.4 MW and the plasma current with LHCD is about 1 MA. It is indicated that the coupling is best in limiter configuration, then in single-null one, while worst in double-null one. Study in current drive efficiency by a least squares fit shows that there is no obvious difference in drive efficiency between the double-null and the single-null cases, whereas the efficiency is a slightly lower in the limiter case. The effect of plasma density on the current drive efficiency is due to the influence of density on impurity concentration.展开更多
Study on the characters of energy confinement in both Ohmic and lower hybrid wave （LHW） discharges on EAST is conducted and the linear Ohmic confinement （LOC）, saturated ohmic confinement （SOC） and improved Ohmi...Study on the characters of energy confinement in both Ohmic and lower hybrid wave （LHW） discharges on EAST is conducted and the linear Ohmic confinement （LOC）, saturated ohmic confinement （SOC） and improved Ohmic confinement （IOC） regimes are investigated in this paper. It is observed that an improved confinement mode characterized by both a drop of IDa line intensity and an increase in line average density can be triggered by a gas puffing pulse.展开更多
The tokamak plasma flows induced by the local radio frequency （RF） forces in the core region are analyzed. The effective components of local RF forces are composed of the momentum absorption term and the resonant pa...The tokamak plasma flows induced by the local radio frequency （RF） forces in the core region are analyzed. The effective components of local RF forces are composed of the momentum absorption term and the resonant parallel momentum transport term （i.e. the parallel component of the resonant ponderomotive forces）. Different momentum balance relations are em- ployed to calculate the plasma flows depending on different assumptions of momentum transport. With the RF fields solved from RF simulation codes, the toroidal and poloidal flows by these forces under the lower hybrid current drive and the mode conversion ion cyclotron resonance heating on EAST-like plasmas are evaluated.展开更多
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 10875149, 10928509 and 10805057)the National Magnetic confinement Fusion Science Program of China (2010GB105004)+1 种基金the Dean Foundation of Hefei Institute of Physical Science,Chinese Academy of Sciencepartly supported by Core University Program between China and Japan
文摘Lower hybrid wave （LHW）-plasma coupling and lower hybrid current drive （LHCD） experiments in divertor, including single-null and double-null, and limiter configurations were conducted systematically in EAST. A maximum power for launched LHW is 1.4 MW and the plasma current with LHCD is about 1 MA. It is indicated that the coupling is best in limiter configuration, then in single-null one, while worst in double-null one. Study in current drive efficiency by a least squares fit shows that there is no obvious difference in drive efficiency between the double-null and the single-null cases, whereas the efficiency is a slightly lower in the limiter case. The effect of plasma density on the current drive efficiency is due to the influence of density on impurity concentration.
基金supported by the National Magnetic Confinement Fhsion Research Program of China （Nos. 2010GB106000 and 2010GB106001）, National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 10721505）, and in part by the JSPS-CAS Core-University program in the field of ＇Plasma and Nuclear FUsion＇
文摘Study on the characters of energy confinement in both Ohmic and lower hybrid wave （LHW） discharges on EAST is conducted and the linear Ohmic confinement （LOC）, saturated ohmic confinement （SOC） and improved Ohmic confinement （IOC） regimes are investigated in this paper. It is observed that an improved confinement mode characterized by both a drop of IDa line intensity and an increase in line average density can be triggered by a gas puffing pulse.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11405218,11325524,11375235 and 11261140327)in part by the National Magnetic Confinement Fusion Science Program of China(Nos.2013GB111002,2013GB112001 and 2013GB112010)the Program of Fusion Reactor Physics and Digital Tokamak with the CAS"One-Three-Five"Strategic Planning
文摘The tokamak plasma flows induced by the local radio frequency （RF） forces in the core region are analyzed. The effective components of local RF forces are composed of the momentum absorption term and the resonant parallel momentum transport term （i.e. the parallel component of the resonant ponderomotive forces）. Different momentum balance relations are em- ployed to calculate the plasma flows depending on different assumptions of momentum transport. With the RF fields solved from RF simulation codes, the toroidal and poloidal flows by these forces under the lower hybrid current drive and the mode conversion ion cyclotron resonance heating on EAST-like plasmas are evaluated.
