HT-7装置上充气对低杂波耦合影响的实验及分析

在低杂波（LHW）天线端口充D₂和CD₄,发现LHW的耦合效果能得到明显改善,充气后LHW的反射系数基本降为6%左右。不同窗口充气对波的耦合和等离子体密度的影响不同,其原因是改善耦合的关键是提高刮削层（SOL）内等离子体的密度。D₂与CH₄对LHW耦合影响的实验结果表明：D₂对LHW的耦合效果影响略好于CH₄,但D₂对等离子体密度的影响明显高于CH₄,原因是D₂对电子密度的贡献更大。     

Simulation Study of IBW Heating in HT-7 Tokamak

Preliminary simulation results obtained with the code developed for ion Bernstein wave （IBW） heating in the HT-7 tokamak are presented. Comparison of the simulation of IBW heating and an HT-7 experiment confirms that using IBW of various frequencies can result in local or global plasma heating. The studies suggest that IBW absorption by ions near the ion cyclotron resonant layer and by electrons via electron Landau damping （ELD） around the maximum of n// offers a possible mechanism of plasma heating.     

A Study of Energy Conversion Efficiency Versus Plasma Density by Lower Hybrid Current Drive in HT—7 Tokamak

Ramp-up experiments by means of lower hydrid wave on HT-7 superconducting tokamak have been performed and analyzed.A ramp-up rate of over 300kA/s is obtained and a conversion efficiency of over 10% has been achieved during the ramp-up phases.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.     

Sawtooth Activity during Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiment in HT-7 Superconducting Tokamak

1.IntroductionSawtoothoscillationisoneofthemosttypicalmagnetohydrodynamic(MHD)phenomenaobservedintokamakplasmaunderavarietyofexperimentconditions[l],especiallyinhigh-powerauxiliaryheatingexperiment.IthasattractedmuchattentionbecauseofitsstrongimpactonplasmaconfinementandprovidesagoodexamplefOrthedemonstrationofvariousMHDtheories.Forthisreasonthestabi-lizationofsatttoothhasbecomeacriticalproblemfortokamakplasma.Lowerhybridcurrentdrivethroughitschangeofthectlrrentprofilecanradicallyaltertl1e…     

Enhanced Lower Hybrid Current Drive Experiments on HT-7 Tokamak

Effective Lower Hybrid Current Driving (LHCD) and improved confinement experiments in higher plasma parameters (Ip > 200 kA, ne > 2 ×1013 cm-3, Te≥ 1 keV) 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 ηCD = 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     

LHCD Properties with a New Lower Hybrid Wave Antenna on HT-7 Tokamak

1 IntroductionLower hybrid current drive (LHCD) has become aneffective method to maintain plasma current in a toka-mak. Plenty of experimental results on the HT-7 toka-mak also show that LHCD is an important auxiliarymeans to achieve steady state operation of the toka-mak and to obtain plasmas with improved confine-ments [1~4]. In the experiments, lower hybrid wave(LHW) with a frequency of 2.45 GHz is launched intothe plasma by an LHW antenna. Since the power spec-trum of the launched …     

Sawtooth Control Experiments on HT-7 and EAST Tokamak

Sawtooth control experiments were performed on HT-7 with a limiter configuration and on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) with a double null con-figuration. The sawtooth period can be modified by lower hybrid wave (LHW) and ion cyclotron resonance frequency (ICRF). Different sawtooth behavior was observed with the same plasma density, LHW power but different plasma currents on HT-7. There was a dwell time between LHW added and the sawtooth stabilization on HT-7 while the sawtooth stabilization immediately happened when LHW power was injected on EAST. The possible mechanism of the sawtooth control is discussed in this paper. All the experimental results have proved that power deposition of the radio frequency (RF) should be the key factor for sawtooth control.     

Experimental Investigation of Lower Hybrid Wave Coupling in HT-7

Experiments on lower hybrid wave(LHW)coupling were investigated in the HT-7 tokamak.Good coupling of LHW plasma has been demonstrated at different conditions in the HT-7 tokamak.Relevant results have proved that LHW-plasma coupling is affected by the phase difference between adjacent waveguides.Furthermore,the edge density around the grill and relevant coupling can be adjusted by changing the plasma line average density or the gap value between the LH grill and the last closed flux surfaces(LCFS).It is found that the coupling of LHWs becomes poor when the edge density around the LH grill is large enough in the HT-7tokamak,and that coupling remains good with a proper edge density.With increasing LHW power,it is also found that the reflection coefficients(RCs)increase due to non-linear effects under conditions of low edge recycling,but can decrease under high edge recycling.The edge density depends mainly on the competition between the ponderomotive force(PMF)and the edge recycling intensity in the HT-7 tokamak.     

Blob properties in I-mode and ELM-free H-mode compared to L-mode on EAST

The blob properties in I-mode and ELM-free H-mode plasmas compared to L-mode have been investigated on the EAST tokamak, including the blob detection rate N_b,size δ_b,lifetime τ_b and radial velocity v_r,b.The blob properties in L-mode and I-mode are similar, and those in ELM-free H-mode are different to them. The blob Nbis smaller while τbis larger in H-mode. The experimental blob sizeδband velocity scalings v_r,b-δ_b show a good agre...     

低杂波电流驱动下HT-7超导托卡马克等离子体硬X射线辐射研究

用７个ＮａＩ（Ｔｌ）闪烁探测器组成的阵列观测能量范围在２０－５００ｋｅＶ,来自ＨＴ－７托卡马克等离子体的硬Ｘ射线轫致辐射。实验结果显示,硬Ｘ射线的径向辐射强度分布与低杂波的功率谱和等离子体的密度及磁志强度等放电参数密切相关。通过测量不同放电参数下硬Ｘ射线的径向强度分布,研究低杂波在等离子体中传播和吸收机制。